Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kütz.) Rabenh.
Gyrosigma acuminatum
Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b
Photographer/artist Sirje Vilbaste
Additional image information
- Title
- Gyrosigma acuminatum
- Photographer/artist
- Sirje Vilbaste
- Copyright holder
- Sirje Vilbaste
- Institute
- Institute of Zoology and Botany, University of Tartu
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Caption
- Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237634
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 32031
More info at http://algaebase.org - OMNIDIA code: GYAC
Used by many freshwater diatomists. See http://omnidia.free.fr/omnidia_english.htmand http://www.norbaf.net - REBECCA code: R0273
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 237634
- Tropic type
- A
Biovolumes
| Species | Gyrosigma acuminatum |
|---|---|
| Author | (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | BACILLARIALES (PENNALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | l*w*h*0.7 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 8-10x50-80 | 10-12x80-120 | 12-14x120-170 | 14-16x170-200 |
| Length(l1), µm | 65.0 | 100.0 | 140.0 | 185.0 |
| Width(w), µm | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Height(h), µm | 6.0 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 2 457 | 6 468 | 12 230 | 19 425 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 162 | 355 | 595 | 865 |
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),
PEG_BVOL.zip
Change History
- 2012-10-04 12:57:51 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Gyrosigma acuminatum_1.jpg
- 2012-10-04 12:57:03 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Gyrosigma acuminatum_1.jpg
