Gymnodinium gracile Bergh

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H

Biovolumes

Species Gymnodinium gracile
Author Bergh 1881
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GYMNODINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 4 2 3
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 70x30 70x50 90x50 100x60
Length(l1), µm 70.0 70.0 90.0 100.0
Diameter(d1), µm 30.0 50.0 50.0 60.0
Diameter(d2), µm 21.0 35.0 35.0 42.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 23 079 64 108 82 425 131 880
Comment HD fact.=0.7 HD fact.=0.7 HD fact.=0.7 HD fact.=0.7
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 2 701 7 049 8 926 13 877

Source

Olenina, I., Hajdu, S., Edler, L., Andersson, A., Wasmund, N., Busch, S., Göbel, J., Gromisz, S., Huseby, S., Huttunen, M., Jaanus, A., Kokkonen, P., Ledaine, I. and Niemkiewicz, E. 2006 Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea HELCOM Balt.Sea Environ. Proc. No. 106, 144pp. (PDF),
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