Gyrosigma eximium (Thwaites) Boyer

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Gyrosigma eximium

Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b

Photographer/artist Sirje Vilbaste

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Title
Gyrosigma eximium
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

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Biovolumes

Species Gyrosigma eximium
Author (Thwaites) Boyer 1927
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 10-15x50-100
Length(l1), µm 70.0
Width(w), µm 12
Height(h), µm 12.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 9 072
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 467

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 13:08:02 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Gyrosigma eximium_1.jpg
  • 2012-10-04 13:07:05 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Gyrosigma eximium_1.jpg