Merismopedia Meyen
Merismopedia sp.
Cell size: 2.5 x 3.6 µm. Flat colony, cells arranged in perpendicular rows.
Photographer/artist Helena Höglander
Additional image information
- Title
- Merismopedia sp.
- Photographer/artist
- Helena Höglander
- Copyright holder
- Helena Höglander
- Institute
- Stockholm university, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Helena Höglander
- Caption
- Cell size: 2.5 x 3.6 µm. Flat colony, cells arranged in perpendicular rows.
- Sampling date
- 2017-08-31
- Geographic area
- River - Sweden
- Location
- Nyköpingsån
- 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
Subordinate taxa
Biovolumes
| Species | Merismopedia |
|---|---|
| Division | CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA) |
| Class | Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae) |
| Order | CHROOCOCCALES |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/6*d^3 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | colony | colony | colony | colony | colony | cell | colony | colony | colony | colony | colony |
| Size range | <0.5 | <0.5 | <0.5 | <0.5 | <0.5 | <0.5 | 0.5-3 | 0.5-3 | 0.5-3 | 0.5-3 | 0.5-3 | 0.5-3 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 45 | 90 | 180 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 36 |
| Comment on Carbon calculation | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell | based on individual cell |
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
- 2018-12-07 13:57:37 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Merismopedia_1.jpg
- 2018-12-07 13:55:35 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Added media: Merismopedia_1.jpg
