Biovolume standardization

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Method synopsis

Calculation of protist biovolume using length and width measurements to standardize initial biomass across species.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Species coexistence in a food web with intraguild predation (2004), URBEE. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Inoculate consumer species
   Add standardized initial densities of six ciliate species: P. aurelia, P. caudatum, P. multimicronucleatum, P. bursaria, Colpidium sp., and B. americanum. Biomass standardized by calculating biovolume and volume of stock culture needed
   Quantities: Equivalent biomass of each species calculated using biovolume formula (πlw²)/6Duration: Day 0 inoculationConditions: Laboratory conditions
   Equipment: stock protist cultures from Wards Biological Supply

Output Measurements

• biovolume
• biomass equivalents

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol