Peridinium Ehrenb.

Description

Biovolumes

Species Peridinium
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 25X26-34 35-45x35-45
Length(l1), µm 30.0 40.0
Diameter(d1), µm 25.0 40.0
Diameter(d2), µm 12.0 20.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 4710 16747
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 607 1 999

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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