Rhizosolenia Brightw.

Description

Biovolumes

Species Rhizosolenia
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 10-20x350-450 3-5x75-125 8-12x250-350 5-10x200-400 120x200-250
Height(h), µm 400.0 100.0 300.0 300.0 225.0
Diameter(d1), µm 15.0 4.0 10.0 7.5 120.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 70 650 1 256 23 550 13 247 2 543 400
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 2 466 94 1 012 634 45 101

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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