Taxon Contributors
Contributors produce comprehensive documentation on diatoms, leading to consistent and correct taxonomy.
Contributors produce comprehensive documentation on diatoms, leading to consistent and correct taxonomy.
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For practitioners
Classification information, citations, links and species listings for 184 genera completed to date.
Identification guides, original descriptions, citations, autecological information and more for 1074 species and growing.
This project depends on many people to document the diverse diatom flora of streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes, springs, soils, estuaries and coastal zones.
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of North America For a final project, students intensively research a single...
31 May 2023
Eduardo loved the natural world, in all its myriad forms. Flowers, frogs, birds, algae; Eduardo appreciated them all. He especially loved the diatoms...
23 May 2023
A homotypic synonym is a name that refers to the same type specimen as another name. Homotypic synonyms are declared through a 'nomenclatural act',...