Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerh.) Chodat

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Acutodesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Tsarenko

OCCURRENCE: summer, T=13÷14°C; S=3÷7 PSU LIFE FORM: coenobium; CELL SIZE: 10-26 x 3-4 µm

Photographer/artist Janina Kownacka

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Title
Acutodesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Tsarenko
Photographer/artist
Janina Kownacka
Copyright holder
Janina Kownacka
Copyright stamp
jmkownacka
Institute
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Janina Kownacka
Caption
OCCURRENCE: summer, T=13÷14°C; S=3÷7 PSU LIFE FORM: coenobium; CELL SIZE: 10-26 x 3-4 µm
Sampling date
June 2005
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - The Gulf of Gdansk
Location
near the Vistula river outlet
Latitude, degree
54
Latitude, minute
40
Longitude, degree
19
Longitude, minute
00
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Synonym names

  • Acutodesmus acuminatus

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Scenedesmus acuminatus
Author (Lagerheim) R. Chodat 1902
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order CHLOROCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape 2 cones
Formula p/12*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit colony colony colony colony colony
Size range 2-4x10-15 2-4x15-25 4-5x10-15 5-6x15-25 6-7x15-25
Height(h), µm 12.5 20.0 12.5 20.0 20.0
Diameter(d1), µm 3.0 3.0 4.5 5.5 6.5
No. of cells/counting unit 4 4 4 4 4
Calculated volume, µm3 118 188 265 633 884
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 20.7 32.2 44.3 100.4 137.4

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

  • 2012-06-04 07:26:13 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus acuminatus_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-04 07:19:25 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Scenedesmus acuminatus_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-04 07:18:51 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus acuminatus_1.jpg
  • 2012-06-04 07:13:33 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Scenedesmus acuminatus_1.jpg