Protoperidinium breve (Paulsen) Balech, 1974

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H

Biovolumes

Species Protoperidinium breve
Author (Paulsen) Balech 1974
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape sphere-10%
Formula p/6*d^3*0.9
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 23-27 28-32 33-37 38-42 43-47 48-52
Diameter(d1), µm 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0 50.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 7 359 12 717 20 194 30 144 42 920 58 875
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 923 1 543 2 383 3 471 4 836 6 508

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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