Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kütz.) Rabenh.

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Gyrosigma acuminatum

Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b

Photographer/artist Sirje Vilbaste

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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
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Gyrosigma acuminatum
Author (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape parallelepiped-30%
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

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  • 2012-10-04 12:57:51 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Gyrosigma acuminatum_1.jpg
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