Tabellaria flocculosa (Roth) Kütz.

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Tabellaria flocculosa

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Tabellaria flocculosa
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
SMHI
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Sampling date
2010-05-31
Geographic area
Kattegat - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Synonym names

  • Conferva flocculosa Roth

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Tabellaria flocculosa
Author (Roth)Kützing 1844
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape parallelepiped
Formula l*w*h
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 5-7x10-20 8-12x20-35 13-16x35-50 6-8x70-90
Length(l1), µm 15.0 25.0 40.0 80.0
Width(w), µm 6 10 15 7
Height(h), µm 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 450 1 250 3 000 2 800
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 41 94 190 180

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

  • 2012-10-05 15:12:33 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Tabellaria flocculosa_2.jpg
  • 2012-10-05 15:12:27 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Tabellaria flocculosa_2.jpg
  • 2012-10-05 15:12:14 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Tabellaria flocculosa_1.jpg
  • 2012-10-05 15:11:14 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Tabellaria flocculosa_1.jpg