Phacus pyrum (Ehrenb.) F. Stein

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Phacus pyrum

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

Additional image information

Title
Phacus pyrum
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
27.07.2013
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Skjeklesjøen
Latitude, degree
59.274
Longitude, degree
11.434
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
No contrast enhancement
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Synonym names

  • Monomorphina pyrum

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Phacus pyrum
Author (Ehrenberg) Stein 1878
Division EUGLENOPHYTA
Class Euglenophyceae
Order EUGLENALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 18-20x30-35
Length(l1), µm 32.0
Diameter(d1), µm 19.6
Diameter(d2), µm 8.4
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 2 757
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 367

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

  • 2015-01-11 15:36:21 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Phacus pyrum_1.jpg
  • 2015-01-11 15:32:31 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Phacus pyrum_1.jpg