Pyramimonas Schmarda

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Pyramimonas

Photographer/artist Susanne Busch

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Title
Pyramimonas
Photographer/artist
Susanne Busch
Copyright holder
Susanne Busch
Copyright stamp
S.Busch (IOW)
Institute
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Susanne Busch
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

Biovolumes

Species Pyramimonas
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Prasinophyceae (Micromonadophyceae)
Order CHLORODENDRALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape trapezoid
Formula 1/2*h*w*(l1+l2)
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 4x3 5-7x5 8-10x6 10-12x9 18-22x10-14
Length(l1), µm 3.0 5.0 6.0 9.0 12.0
Length(l2), µm 1 3 4 5.6 7.2
Width(w), µm 3 5 6 9 12
Height(h), µm 4.0 6.0 9.0 11.0 20.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 24 120 270 723 2 304
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 4 19 41 104 310

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

  • 2015-04-24 06:49:31 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Pyramimonas_1.jpg
  • 2015-04-24 06:48:52 Susanne Busch - Added media: Pyramimonas_1.jpg