Thalassiosira Cleve

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Thalassiosira

Photographer/artist Seija Hällfors

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Title
Thalassiosira
Photographer/artist
Seija Hällfors
Copyright holder
Seija Hällfors
Institute
SYKE
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Location
Baltic Sea
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
Not described

Description

Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Thalassiosira angulata
Thalassiosira anguste-lineata
Thalassiosira antarctica
Thalassiosira baltica
Thalassiosira binata
Thalassiosira bioculata
Thalassiosira bulbosa
Thalassiosira conferta
Thalassiosira constricta
Thalassiosira curviseriata
Thalassiosira decipiens
Thalassiosira delicatula
Thalassiosira eccentrica
Thalassiosira gravida
Thalassiosira guillardii
Thalassiosira hispida
Thalassiosira hyalina
Thalassiosira hyperborea
Thalassiosira kuschirensis
Thalassiosira lacustris
Thalassiosira leptopus
Thalassiosira levanderi
Thalassiosira mala
Thalassiosira mediterranea
Thalassiosira minima
Thalassiosira minuscula
Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii
Thalassiosira oceanica
Thalassiosira oestrupii
Thalassiosira pacifica
Thalassiosira poroseriata
Thalassiosira proschkinae
Thalassiosira pseudonana
Thalassiosira punctigera
Thalassiosira rosulata
Thalassiosira rotula
Thalassiosira subtilis
Thalassiosira tealata
Thalassiosira tenera
Thalassiosira weissflogii

Biovolumes

Species Thalassiosira
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 9 10 11 12
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 3-7 7-12 12-17 17-22 22-27 27-32 32-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-90 90-110
Height(h), µm 3.3 6.5 9.8 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5 22.5 27.5 19.5 24.0 30.0
Diameter(d1), µm 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 45.0 55.0 65.0 80.0 100.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 64 510 1 722 3 140 6 133 10 598 16 828 35 767 65 302 64 674 120 576 235 500
Comment 6; HD fac.=0.65 6; HD fac.=0.65 6; HD fac.=0.65 6; HD fac.=0.5 6; HD fac.=0.5 6; HD fac.=0.5 6; HD fac.=0.5 6; HD fac.=0.5 6; HD fac.=0.5 6; HD fac.=0.3 6; HD fac.=0.3 6; HD fac.=0.3
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 8 45 121 197 340 529 770 1 420 2 314 2 296 3 804 6 548

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

  • 2012-09-14 11:59:43 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira_1.jpg
  • 2012-09-14 11:59:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Thalassiosira_1.jpg