Pandorina morum (O.F. Müll.) Bory

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Pandorina morum (O.F. Müller) Bory 1824

Photographer/artist Irina Olenina

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Title
Pandorina morum (O.F. Müller) Bory 1824
Photographer/artist
Irina Olenina
Institute
Department of Marine Research, Environmental Protection Agency
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Irina Olenina
Sampling date
13-05-2008
Location
South-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, Curonian Lagoon
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
Culture collections
SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-1146, K-1018

Biovolumes

Species Pandorina morum
Author (O.F. Müller) Bory 1824
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order VOLVOCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Unit cell colony colony cell colony colony cell colony colony cell colony colony cell colony colony cell colony colony cell colony colony
Size range 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14
Diameter(d1), µm 8.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 14.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 8 16 1 8 16 1 8 16 1 8 16 1 8 16 1 8 16 1 8 16
Calculated volume, µm3 268 2 144 4 287 382 3 052 6 104 523 4 187 8 373 697 5 572 11 145 904 7 235 14 469 1 150 9 198 18 396 1 436 11 488 22 976
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 41.2 329.2 658.4 57.3 458.8 917.5 77.2 617.3 1234.5 100.9 807.4 1614.8 129.0 1031.6 2063.3 161.6 1292.6 2585.1 199.1 1592.6 3185.3

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

  • 2012-06-06 11:24:00 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Pandorina morum_3.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 11:23:03 Irina Olenina - Added media: Pandorina morum_3.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 11:22:31 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Pandorina morum_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 11:21:17 Irina Olenina - Added media: Pandorina morum_2.jpg
  • 2011-10-07 14:44:37 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Pandorina morum_1.jpg
  • 2011-10-07 14:44:17 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Pandorina morum_1.jpg