Thalassiosira baltica (Grunow in P.T. Cleve & Grunow) Ostenfeld, 1901

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Thalassiosira baltica

Photographer/artist Seija Hällfors

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Title
Thalassiosira baltica
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

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

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Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Thalassiosira baltica var. fluviatilis

Biovolumes

Species Thalassiosira baltica
Author (Grunow in P.T. Cleve & Grunow) Ostenfeld 1901
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
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 17-22 22-27 27-32 32-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-110
Height(h), µm 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5 22.5 27.5 19.5 22.5 25.5 30.0
Diameter(d1), µm 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 45.0 55.0 65.0 75.0 85.0 100.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 3 140 6 133 10 598 16 828 35 767 65 302 64 674 99 352 144 626 235 500
Comment 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 6; HD fac.=0.3
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 197 340 529 770 1 420 2 314 2 296 3 252 4 409 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

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