Oocystis solitaria Wittr. in Wittr. & Nordstedt

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Oocystis solitaria
Author Wittrock in Wittrock & Nordstedt 1879
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order CHLOROCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 6-8x10-13 8-10x13-15 10-12x15-20 12-15x17-22 15-20x22-25 20-25x25-30
Length(l1), µm 11.5 14.0 17.5 19.5 23.5 27.5
Diameter(d1), µm 7.0 9.0 11.0 13.5 17.5 22.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 295 593 1 108 1 860 3 766 7 286
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 45 87 156 254 492 915

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),
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