Oocystis borgei J. Snow

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Oocystis borgei Snow 1903

Photographer/artist Irina Olenina

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Title
Oocystis borgei Snow 1903
Photographer/artist
Irina Olenina
Institute
Department of Marine Research, Environmental Protection Agency
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Irina Olenina
Sampling date
11-08-2010
Location
South-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian coastal waters
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

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Biovolumes

Species Oocystis borgei
Author Snow 1903
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order CHLOROCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 6-8x8-12 8-10x12-15 10-12x15-17 12-14x17-20
Length(l1), µm 10.0 13.5 16.0 18.5
Diameter(d1), µm 7.0 9.0 11.0 13.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 256 572 1 013 1 636
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 39 84 143 225

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

  • 2012-06-08 11:26:32 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Oocystis borgei_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-08 11:25:31 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Oocystis borgei_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 11:08:57 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Oocystis borgei_1.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 11:07:07 Irina Olenina - Added media: Oocystis borgei_1.jpg