Scenedesmus ellipticus Corda, 1835

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Scenedesmus ellipticus Corda 1835

Photographer/artist Irina Olenina

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Title
Scenedesmus ellipticus Corda 1835
Photographer/artist
Irina Olenina
Institute
Department of Marine Research, Environmental Protection Agency
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Irina Olenina
Sampling date
15-06-2010
Location
South-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, Curonian Lagoon
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Scenedesmus ellipticus
Author Corda 1835
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order CHLOROCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6
Unit colony colony colony colony colony colony
Size range 2x4 2-4x7-10 4-6x10-15 4-6x15-20 6-8x15-20 8-10x18-22
Length(l1), µm 4.0 8.5 12.5 17.5 17.5 19.0
Diameter(d1), µm 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 9.0
No. of cells/counting unit 4 4 4 4 4 4
Calculated volume, µm3 33 160 654 916 1 795 3 222
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 6.4 27.6 103.5 142.0 267.1 462.7

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

  • 2012-06-25 09:46:32 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_4.jpg
  • 2012-06-25 06:48:47 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_4.jpg
  • 2012-06-25 06:47:46 Susanne Busch - Added media: Scenedesmus ellipticus_4.jpg
  • 2012-06-08 11:43:28 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_3.jpg
  • 2012-06-08 11:42:31 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Scenedesmus ellipticus_3.jpg
  • 2012-06-08 08:32:30 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-08 08:32:05 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-08 08:24:44 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Scenedesmus ellipticus_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 11:42:18 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_1.JPG
  • 2012-06-06 11:41:06 Irina Olenina - Added media: Scenedesmus ellipticus_1.JPG