Gyrosigma macrum (W.Sm.) Griffith & Henfrey

Synonym names

  • Gyrosigma macrum

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Gyrosigma macrum
Author (W. Smith) Griffith & Henfrey 1856
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape half parallelepiped
Formula l*w*h/2
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 14x100-150 12x220-250
Length(l1), µm 112.0 236.0
Width(w), µm 14 12
Height(h), µm 14.0 12.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 10 976 16 992
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 545 776

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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