Pontosphaera nigra

From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

Pontosphaera nigra Schiller

Classification

Chromista (Kingdom) > Haptophyta (Phylum) > Prymnesiophyceae (Class) > Zygodiscales (Order) > Pontosphaeraceae (Family) > Pontosphaera (Genus)

WoRMS: 576677

Occurrence

	References
Black Sea	Mikaelyan A.S. et al., 2008; Bryantseva Yu., 2000; Ivanov A.I., 1965; Morozova-Vodyanitskaya N.V., Belogorskaja E.V. 1957
Bulgaria	S. Moncheva(IO-BAS), 2010
Geogria
Romania	Petranu A., 1997; Boicenco L. Updated list from Bodeanu N., 1987-88; Skolka V.H., Roban A., 1989
Russia
Turkey	Eker E., 1998; Georgieva L. V., 1969 (Bosphorus area)
Ukraine	Polikarpov I.G. et al., 2003; Dereziuk, N., 2008; Zaitsev Y.P. & B.G. Alexandrov, 1998; Senicheva M.I., 2008 (Sevastopol Bay, Sevastopol coastal zone, Laspi Bay, Karadag); Senichkina L.G. et al., 2001; Bryantseva Yu., 2010; Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006 (NW); Manzhos L.A., 2008 (Feodosia Bay)

Cell volume

	Minimum	Average	Maximum	Database
1	905	11350,9	37680	Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea A.S.Mikaelyan, L.G.Senichkina, L.A.Pautova, L.V.Georgieva, V.Dyakonov
2	523.6	11967.7	35814.2	Bryantseva Yu., 2000. Changes in structural characteristic of phytoplankton in the Black Sea
3	368.2		14130.0	Dereziuk, N., 2008. List of Phytoplankton Species Observed in the Water Area near the Zmiinyi Island in 2004-2007
4	9817.5	9817.5	9817.5	Bryantseva Yu., 2010. Sevastopol Bay phytoplankton monitoring database 2008 -2009
5				Сеничкина Л.Г., 1983. Фитопланктон северо-западной части Черного моря в зимний период 1979.
6				Нестерова Д. А., 2003. Фитопланктон западной части Черного моря в летний период 1987.

* (volumes are in cubic microns), values extracted from database

Volume and surface area calculation

	Shape
Simple shape	prolate spheroid
K(flattening factor)
More accurate shape	-

Hillebrand et al., 1999 - sphere (Hillebrand, H., Dürselen, C. D., Kirschtel, D., Pollingher, D. and Zohary, T. (1999) Biovolume calculation for pelagic and benthic microalgae. J. Phycol., 35, 403–424)

Appearance in checklists

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References

Boicenco L. Updated list from Bodeanu N., 1987-1988. Structure et dynamique de l'algoflore unicellulaire dans les eaux du littoral Roumain de la Mer Noire. Research Marines(20/21): 19-250.

Bryantseva_Yu.,_2000. Variability of the Black Sea phytoplankton structural characteristics. PhD thesis, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NASU.

Bryantseva Yu., 2010. Sevastopol Bay phytoplankton monitoring database. Database.

Dereziuk_N.,_2008. List of Phytoplankton Species Observed in the Water Area near the Zmiinyi Island in 2004-2007. In: Zmiinyi Island. Ecosystem of Coastal Waters: monograph, Astroprint, Odesa, Ch. XII: 208-218.

Eker, E. 1998. Abundance and biomass of micro and nanophytoplankton in the northwestern and southern Black Sea in 1995. Master thesis, Middle East Technical University, IMS.

Georgieva L. V., 1969. In Vodjanitsky V. A., Dolgopolskaya M. A. (ed.): Water exchange through Bosphorus and its influence on hydrology and biology of the Black sea, Naukova dumka, Kiev, Ch. IV. Phytoplankton of the Bosphorus region of the Black sea: 183-207.

Ivanov_A.I.,_1965. Characteristics of the qualitative composition of Black Sea phytoplankton. In: The study of plankton of the Black and Azov seas, Naukova dumka, Kiev: 17-35.

Manzhos L.A., 2008. Abundance and distribution of phytoplankton in the Feodosia coastal waters in December 2006. Ecologija morja(75): 16-22.

Mikaelyan_A.S._et_al.,_2008. Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea. Database.

S._Moncheva(IO-BAS),_2010. Species lists based on sampling identifications and literature. Personal list. Bulgarian waters.

Morozova-Vodyanitskaya_N.V.,_Belogorskaja_E.V._1957. On the value of Coccolithaceae and especially Pontosphaera in the Black sea phytoplankton. Tr. Sevast. Biol. Stantsii, Vol. 9: 14–21.

Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006. In: North-Western part of the Black Sea: biology and ecology, Naukova dumka, Kiev: 557-576.

Petranu_A.,_1997. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Romania. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 4, United Nations Publication, New York, 315 pp.

Polikarpov_I.G._et_al.,_2003. Microplankton biological diversity in the Black Sea coastal zone near Sevastopol (2001-2003). In Eremeev V.N., Gaevskaya A.V. (ed.): Modern condition of biological diversity in near-shore zone of Crimea (the Black sea sector), Ekosi-Gidrophizika, Sevastopol, Ch. 1: 16-42.

Senicheva M.I., 2008. Species diversity, seasonal and annual variability of plankton microalgae near Crimea coast. In: The Black Sea microalgae: problems of biodiversity preservation and biotechnological usage, publisher, address, Ch. I: 5-18.

Senichkina L.G. et al., 2001. Species diversity of Black Sea phytoplankton in the southeastern coast of Crimea. Karadag: History, biology, archaeology. In: Collection of papers dedicated to 85th anniversary of Karadag Scientific Station, Sonat, Simferopol: 119-125.

Skolka V.H., Roban A., 1989. La repartition et la dynamique du phytoplancton sur la plateforme continentale roumaine au cours des annees 1980-1981. In: Recherches marines, publisher, Constanta: 147-171.

Zaitsev_Y._P._&_B._G._Alexandrov,_1998. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Ukraine. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 7, United Nations Publication, New York, 351 pp.

	List based on literature analysis
	List extracted from database
	List extracted from published paper, which is based on monitoring(scientific) research of scientist(s) and includes analysis of real collected data
	Personal list, based on monitoring(scientific research) of scientist (not published as article)
	Identification book

Last revision on 20-05-2013