Skeletonema subsalsum (Cleve-Euler) Bethge, 1928

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Skeletonema subsalsum

Photographer/artist Susanne Busch

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Title
Skeletonema subsalsum
Photographer/artist
Susanne Busch
Copyright holder
Susanne Busch
Copyright stamp
S.Busch (IOW)
Institute
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Susanne Busch
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Skeletonema subsalsum
Author (Cleve-Euler) Bethge 1928
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 6 7 8
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 3-4x7-10 3-4x11-15 3-4x16-20 4-5x4.5-7.5 5-6x8-13 5-6x13-20 6-7x18-22 8-9x11-15
Height(h), µm 9.8 13.0 19.6 6.0 10.5 16.5 19.6 13.0
Diameter(d1), µm 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 5.5 6.5 8.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 94 125 188 95 249 392 650 737
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 11 14 20 12 25 37 55 61

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

  • 2014-03-28 07:39:42 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Skeletonema subsalsum_2.jpg
  • 2014-03-28 07:39:09 Susanne Busch - Added media: Skeletonema subsalsum_2.jpg
  • 2014-03-28 07:37:55 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Skeletonema subsalsum_1.jpg
  • 2014-03-28 07:37:11 Susanne Busch - Added media: Skeletonema subsalsum_1.jpg