Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenb.

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Trachelomonas volvocina

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Trachelomonas volvocina
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
17.09.2013
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Tørråssjøen
Latitude, degree
60.742624
Longitude, degree
11.84623
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Trachelomonas volvocina
Author Ehrenberg 1838
Division EUGLENOPHYTA
Class Euglenophyceae
Order EUGLENALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 8-12 12-18
Diameter(d1), µm 10.0 15.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 523 1 766
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 77 242

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

  • 2015-01-11 16:30:21 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Trachelomonas volvocina_2.jpg
  • 2015-01-11 16:27:03 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Trachelomonas volvocina_2.jpg
  • 2015-01-11 16:26:22 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Trachelomonas volvocina_1.jpg
  • 2015-01-11 16:15:33 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Trachelomonas volvocina_1.jpg