A morphometric method for correcting phytoplankton cell volume estimates
dc.contributor.author | Sicko-Goad, Linda | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ladewski, Barbara G. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Stoermer, Eugene F. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T19:34:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T19:34:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1977-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sicko-Goad, Linda; Stoermer, E. F.; Ladewski, Barbara G.; (1977). "A morphometric method for correcting phytoplankton cell volume estimates." Protoplasma 93 (2-3): 147-163. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41732> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-183X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1615-6102 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41732 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cell volume calculations are often used to estimate biomass of natural phytoplankton assemblages. Such estimates may be questioned due to morphological differences in the organisms present. Morphometric analysis of 8 species representative of phytoplankton types found in the Great Lakes shows significant differences in cell constituent volumes. Volume of physiologically inert wall material ranges from nil, in some flagellates, to over 20% of the total cell volume in certain diatoms. Likewise, “empty” vacuole may comprise more than 40% of the total cell volume of some diatoms, but less than 3% of the volume of some flagellates. In the organisms investigated, the total carbon containing cytoplasm ranged from 52% to 98% of the total cell volume and the metabolizing biovolume ranged from 30% to 82%. Although these differences complicate direct biomass estimation, morphometric analysis at the ultrastructural level may provide ecologically valuable insights. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plant Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cell Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Zoology | en_US |
dc.title | A morphometric method for correcting phytoplankton cell volume estimates | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41732/1/709_2005_Article_BF01275650.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01275650 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Protoplasma | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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