Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont

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Oscillatoria limosa

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Oscillatoria limosa
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
19.09.2013
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Liavatnet
Latitude, degree
63.5969
Longitude, degree
10.7798
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Synonym names

  • Oscillatoria limosa

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Oscillatoria limosa
Author C.A. Agardh ex Gomont 1892
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order OSCILLATORIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3
Unit filament filament filament
Size range 10x100 12x100 16x100
Height(h), µm 100.0 100.0 100.0
Diameter(d1), µm 10.0 12.0 16.0
No. of cells/counting unit 50 33 50
Calculated volume, µm3 7 850 11 304 20 096
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1 246 1 711 3 011
Comment on Carbon calculation 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

  • 2015-07-20 20:45:52 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Oscillatoria limosa_1.jpg
  • 2015-07-20 20:41:06 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Oscillatoria limosa_1.jpg