Melosira moniliformis (O.F.Müll.) C.Agardh

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Melosira moniliformis

Photographer/artist Susanne Busch

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Title
Melosira moniliformis
Photographer/artist
Susanne Busch
Copyright holder
Susanne Busch
Copyright stamp
S.Busch (IOW)
Institute
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Susanne Busch
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Melosira moniliformis
Author (O.F. Müller) C.A. Agardh 1824
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 18-22x20 31-40x31-40 41-50x41-50 51-60x41-50
Height(h), µm 20.0 35.0 45.0 45.0
Diameter(d1), µm 20.0 35.0 45.0 55.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 6 280 33 657 71 533 106 858
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 346 1 352 2 491 3 449

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

  • 2014-01-06 12:02:03 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Melosira moniliformis_3.jpg
  • 2014-01-06 12:01:16 Susanne Busch - Added media: Melosira moniliformis_3.jpg
  • 2014-01-06 12:00:19 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Melosira moniliformis_2.jpg
  • 2014-01-06 11:59:18 Susanne Busch - Added media: Melosira moniliformis_2.jpg
  • 2013-05-14 07:36:00 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Melosira moniliformis_1.jpg
  • 2013-05-14 07:35:23 Regina Hansen - Added media: Melosira moniliformis_1.jpg