Katodinium Fott

Description

Biovolumes

Species Katodinium
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GYMNODINIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape half cone + cut flattened ellipsoid
Formula (p/24 *d1^2 * h*0.3) + (p/6 * d1* d2 * h*0.7)
Size class 1 2 3 51 52 53
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 33x14 36x15 50x20 33x14 36x15 50x20
Length(l1), µm 33.0 36.0 50.0 33.0 36.0 50.0
Diameter(d1), µm 14.0 15.0 20.0 14.0 15.0 20.0
Diameter(d2), µm 7.0 7.5 10.0 7.0 7.5 10.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 439 1 802 4 448 1 439 1 802 4 448
Comment HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 199 246 576 199 246 576

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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