Prymnesiales Papenfuss

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Prymnesiales

Photographer/artist Malin Mohlin

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Title
Prymnesiales
Photographer/artist
Malin Mohlin
Copyright holder
Malin Mohlin
Copyright stamp
Malin Mohlin
Institute
Swedish meterological and hydrological institute
Contributor
Malin Mohlin
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - Central Baltic proper
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain

Description

Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Prymnesiaceae

Biovolumes

Species Prymnesiales
Division HAPTOPHYTA
Class Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae)
Order PRYMNESIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 10-20x6-10 2-4 4-6 4-6 6-10 10-14 14-18
Length(l1), µm 15.0 5.0 8.0 12.0 16.0
Diameter(d1), µm 8.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 6.3 9.0 11.0
Diameter(d2), µm 6.0 2.7 5.0 8.0 9.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 377 14 65 35 132 452 829
Comment HD fac.=0.75
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 57 3 11 6 21 67 119
Comment on Carbon calculation based on individual cell size

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

  • 2012-09-04 11:56:03 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Prymnesiales_1.jpg
  • 2012-09-04 11:53:04 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Prymnesiales_1.jpg
  • 2012-09-04 11:50:45 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Prymnesiales_1.jpg
  • 2012-09-04 11:50:05 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Prymnesiales_1.jpg