Scenedesmus ellipticus Corda, 1835

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Scenedesmus ellipticus

Photographer/artist Justyna Kobos

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Title
Scenedesmus ellipticus
Photographer/artist
Justyna Kobos
Copyright holder
Justyna Kobos
Institute
University of Gdańsk, Institute of Oceanography
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Janina Kownacka
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - The Gulf of Gdansk
Location
Polska
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

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  • 2012-06-25 09:46:32 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Scenedesmus ellipticus_4.jpg
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  • 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