Planktolyngbya Anagn. & Komárek

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Planktolyngbya sp.

Straight filament of Planktolyngbya sp., width 1.5µm, surrounded by a firm, colourless gelatinous sheath.

Photographer/artist Helena Höglander

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Title
Planktolyngbya sp.
Photographer/artist
Helena Höglander
Copyright holder
Helena Höglander
Copyright stamp
Helena Höglander
Institute
Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Helena Höglander
Caption
Straight filament of Planktolyngbya sp., width 1.5µm, surrounded by a firm, colourless gelatinous sheath.
Sampling date
2010-09-15
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - Central Baltic proper
Location
Swedish monitoring station REFM1V1 (between island of Öland and the Swedish mainland).
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

Biovolumes

Species Planktolyngbya
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 1.5x100 2x100 2.5x100
Height(h), µm 100.0 100.0 100.0
Diameter(d1), µm 1.5 2.0 2.5
No. of cells/counting unit 25 25 25
Calculated volume, µm3 177 314 491
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 34 58 88
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

  • 2012-02-21 12:04:27 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Planktolyngbya_1.jpg
  • 2012-02-21 11:53:37 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Added media: Planktolyngbya_1.jpg