Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin, 1897

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Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Photographer/artist Hanna Mossfeldt

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Title
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Photographer/artist
Hanna Mossfeldt
Copyright holder
Hanna Mossfeldt
Institute
University of Gothenburg
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Sampling date
2006-03-07
Location
Culture (GUMACC)
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
Not described

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Author Bohlin 1897
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape half parallelepiped
Formula l*w*h/2
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 3-4x20-35 3-4x10-20
Length(l1), µm 27.0 15.0
Width(w), µm 3.5 3.5
Height(h), µm 3.5 3.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 165 92
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 18 11

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

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