Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description of Amphora
Raphid diatom, typically with raphe curved as a 'c', valves may be strongly arched, with a well developed mantle on the dorsal side; intercalary bands often numerous. One two or four chloroplasts. The name comes from a two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to carry wine or oil.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 1104 specimens in 42 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 66 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 270
Temperature range (°C): -1.894 - 24.625
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.876 - 27.093
Salinity (PPS): 27.179 - 36.059
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.855 - 8.690
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 1.804
Silicate (umol/l): 1.190 - 25.127
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 270
Temperature range (°C): -1.894 - 24.625
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.876 - 27.093
Salinity (PPS): 27.179 - 36.059
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.855 - 8.690
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 1.804
Silicate (umol/l): 1.190 - 25.127
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 66 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 270
Temperature range (°C): -1.894 - 24.625
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.876 - 27.093
Salinity (PPS): 27.179 - 36.059
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.855 - 8.690
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 1.804
Silicate (umol/l): 1.190 - 25.127
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 270
Temperature range (°C): -1.894 - 24.625
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.876 - 27.093
Salinity (PPS): 27.179 - 36.059
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.855 - 8.690
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 1.804
Silicate (umol/l): 1.190 - 25.127
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Associations
Known predators
Amphora (Amphora sp.) is prey of:
Pycnocentrodes evecta
Oligochaeta II
Based on studies in:
New Zealand: Otago, Broad, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Sutton Stream, Taieri River, Sutton catchment (River)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Pycnocentrodes evecta
Oligochaeta II
Based on studies in:
New Zealand: Otago, Broad, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Sutton Stream, Taieri River, Sutton catchment (River)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Townsend, CR, Thompson, RM, McIntosh, AR, Kilroy, C, Edwards, ED, Scarsbrook, MR. 1998. Disturbance, resource supply and food-web architecture in streams. Ecology Letters 1:200-209.
- Thompson, RM and Townsend, CR. 1999. The effect of seasonal variation on the community structure and food-web attributes of two streams: implications for food-web science. Oikos 87: 75-88.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 7 | Public Records: | 6 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 6 | Public Species: | 4 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 2 | Public BINs: | 0 |
| Species: | 4 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 2 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Amphora
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Wikipedia
Amphora (alga)
This article is about the genus of diatoms. For other uses, see Amphora (disambiguation).
Amphora is a major genus of marine and freshwater diatoms. With over 1000 species, it is one of the largest genera of diatoms.[1]
References
- ^ Parnell, John; Trevor R. Hodkinson (2007). Reconstructing the tree of life: taxonomy and systematics of species rich taxa. Boca Raton: CRC. ISBN 0-8493-9579-8.
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