Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh

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Melosira nummuloides

Photographer/artist Malin Mohlin

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Title
Melosira nummuloides
Photographer/artist
Malin Mohlin
Copyright holder
Malin Mohlin
Copyright stamp
Malin Mohlin
Institute
Swedish meterological and hydrological institute
Contributor
Malin Mohlin
Geographic area
Kattegat - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Melosira nummuloides
Author 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
Unit cell cell
Size range 9-11x15-20 12-16x25-30
Height(h), µm 17.5 28.0
Diameter(d1), µm 10.0 14.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 374 4 308
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 101 255

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

  • 2012-05-16 11:07:48 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Melosira nummuloides_1.jpg
  • 2012-05-16 11:04:04 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Melosira nummuloides_1.jpg