Microcystis viridis (A.Braun) Lemmerm.

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Microcystis viridis

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Microcystis viridis
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
26.06.2013
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Vikevatn
Latitude, degree
59.5430
Longitude, degree
10.1106
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Microcystis viridis
Author (A. Braun in Rabenhorst) Lemmermann 1902
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order CHROOCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell colony colony colony colony
Size range 3.5-7 3.5-7 3.5-7 3.5-7 3.5-7
Diameter(d1), µm 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 4 20 50 100
Calculated volume, µm3 65 262 1 308 3 271 6 542
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 11 44 219 547 1 095
Comment on Carbon calculation 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

  • 2015-07-17 09:03:12 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Microcystis viridis_1.jpg
  • 2015-07-17 09:01:01 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Microcystis viridis_1.jpg