Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (C.Agardh) Lange-Bert.

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Rhoicosphenia abbreviata

Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16a

Photographer/artist Pauli Snoeijs

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Title
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata
Photographer/artist
Pauli Snoeijs
Copyright holder
Pauli Snoeijs
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Department of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
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Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16a
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Synonym names

  • Gomphonema abbreviatum C.Agardh

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Rhoicosphenia abbreviata
Author (C.A. Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 1980
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape half parallelepiped
Formula l*w*h/2
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 5-6x23-27 10-12x23-27
Length(l1), µm 24.0 25.0
Width(w), µm 5.5 11.2
Height(h), µm 5.5 6.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 363 840
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 34 68

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

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