Micractinium pusillum Fresen., 1858
Micractinium pusillum
OCCURRENCE: spring,summer, T=13÷14°C; S=3÷7 PSU; CELL SIZE: 4-5 µm LIFE FORM: 4-8-celled colonies easily disintegrating into unicells; spherical cells with 2-7 hyalin spines, gradually attenuated towards tip
Photographer/artist Janina Kownacka
Additional image information
- Title
- Micractinium pusillum
- Photographer/artist
- Janina Kownacka
- Copyright holder
- Janina Kownacka
- Copyright stamp
- jmkownacka
- Institute
- National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Janina Kownacka
- Caption
- OCCURRENCE: spring,summer, T=13÷14°C; S=3÷7 PSU; CELL SIZE: 4-5 µm LIFE FORM: 4-8-celled colonies easily disintegrating into unicells; spherical cells with 2-7 hyalin spines, gradually attenuated towards tip
- Sampling date
- April 2006
- Geographic area
- Baltic Sea - The Gulf of Gdansk
- Location
- near the Vistula river outlet
- Latitude, degree
- 54
- Latitude, minute
- 40
- Longitude, degree
- 19
- Longitude, minute
- 00
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- Lugols iodine
- Contrast enhancement
- No contrast enhancement
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238732
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 27538
More info at http://algaebase.org - REBECCA code: R0660
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 238732
- Tropic type
- A
Biovolumes
Species | Micractinium pusillum |
---|---|
Author | Fresenius 1858 |
Division | CHLOROPHYTA |
Class | Chlorophyceae |
Order | CHLOROCOCCALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/6*d^3 |
Size class | 1 | 2 |
---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell |
Size range | 3-4 | 5-6 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 3.5 | 5.5 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 22 | 87 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 4 | 14 |
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
- 2021-10-04 11:16:46 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Micractinium pusillum_3.jpg
- 2021-10-04 11:16:00 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Micractinium pusillum_3.jpg
- 2012-06-04 12:00:58 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Micractinium pusillum_2.jpg
- 2012-06-04 11:56:08 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Micractinium pusillum_2.jpg
- 2012-06-04 11:55:10 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Micractinium pusillum_1.jpg
- 2012-06-04 11:39:43 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Micractinium pusillum_1.jpg