Biovolumes
| Species |
Thalassiosira lacustris |
| Author |
(Grunow in Cleve & Grunow 1880) Hasle in Hasle & G. Fryxell 1977 |
| Division |
CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class |
Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order |
EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
| Trophy |
AU |
| Geometric shape |
 |
| 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 |
25-30 |
30-35 |
35-40 |
80-90 |
40-50 |
50-60 |
60-70 |
70-80 |
| Height(h), µm |
11.0 |
13.0 |
22.5 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm |
27.5 |
32.5 |
37.5 |
85.0 |
45.0 |
55.0 |
65.0 |
75.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 |
6 530 |
10 779 |
24 838 |
141 791 |
39 741 |
59 366 |
82 916 |
110 391 |
| Comment |
6; HD fac.=0.4 |
6; HD fac.=0.4 |
6; HD fac.=0.6 |
6 |
6; HD fac.=0.6 |
6; HD fac.=0.6 |
6; HD fac.=0.6 |
6; HD fac.=0.6 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit |
358 |
537 |
1 056 |
4 339 |
1 547 |
2 142 |
2 808 |
3 542 |
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
