Atlas of Shapes

The Atlas of Shapes represents a reference point for marine, transitional and freshwater scientists and students involved in phytoplankton morphological traits association and measurement. It provides a schematic protocol for calculating biovolume of phytoplankton species detectable with the Utermöhl method in transitional ecosystems of the different world ecoregions. The Atlas includes the illustrative scheme of the shape classification subdivided in “Simple Shapes” and “Complex Shapes”, clicking on a specific shape, users are able to see: the shape views (e.g., lateral, frontal, etc.) with the corresponding linear dimensions and the biovolume and surface area computational models.

Identification

Date ( Creation ): 2016

Status: Completed

Version: 1.0

Keywords: atlas

Keywords: phytoplankton

Keywords: morphological traits

Keywords: shape

Keywords: biovolume

Keywords: surface area

Access constraints: License

Use limitation: Metadata records are freely available under a Public Domain (CC0 1.0) License; while the atlas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.