Gyrosigma balticum (Ehrenb.) Rabenh.

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Gyrosigma balticum

Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b

Photographer/artist Angela Wulff

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Title
Gyrosigma balticum
Photographer/artist
Angela Wulff
Copyright holder
Angela Wulff
Institute
Department of Marine Botany, University of Göteborg
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

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Biovolumes

Species Gyrosigma balticum
Author (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1853
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape parallelepiped-10%
Formula l*w*h*0.9
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 25x250-300
Length(l1), µm 294.0
Width(w), µm 25
Height(h), µm 32.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 211 680
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 6 005

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 13:06:02 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Gyrosigma balticum_1.jpg
  • 2012-10-04 13:04:43 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Gyrosigma balticum_1.jpg