%0 Journal Article %T 3D-Microalgae software used for the estimation of microalgae biovolumes and surface area %A Anton M. Lyakh %J Modern Phytomorphology %D 2012 %I Modern Phytomorphology %X The main steps of using of an original software package 3D-Microalgae for constructing three-dimensional geometric models of microalgae shells and estimating of their biovolume and surface areas are described. An improved method realized in the software allows significantly increasing the accuracy of that morphometrical characteristics calculation %K dinoflagellata %K Dinophyta %K 3D-Diatoms %K hydrobiological methods %K biomass %K primary production %K three-dimensional geometric models %U Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas NAS of Ukraine, Nakhimova av., 2, Sevastopol, 99011, Ukraine, antonlyakh@yahoo.com