Snowella litoralis (Häyrén) Komárek & Hindák

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Snowella litoralis

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

Additional image information

Title
Snowella litoralis
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
26.07.2011
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Nøklevann
Latitude, degree
59.8765
Longitude, degree
10.8773
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
No contrast enhancement
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Snowella litoralis
Author (Häyrén) Komárek & Hindák 1988
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order CHROOCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell colony colony colony
Size range 2.4-4 2.4-4 2.4-4 2.4-4
Diameter(d1), µm 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2
No. of cells/counting unit 1 10 20 50
Calculated volume, µm3 17 171 343 857
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 3 31 62 156
Comment on Carbon calculation based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell

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

  • 2015-07-19 20:56:13 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Snowella litoralis_1.jpg
  • 2015-07-19 20:53:53 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Snowella litoralis_1.jpg