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 164 genera completed to date.
Identification guides, original descriptions, citations, autecological information and more for 987 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.
25 January 2021
The Diatom Web Academy continues... Sessions are recorded and can be accessed for later viewing. You are invited to join us, wherever you may be,...
19 January 2021
Description: Light can be a key driver of diatom assemblages, influencing overall cell densities, biovolumes, and diatom assemblage structure. Light...
05 January 2021
Description: In a recent review, colleagues from Europe and the US compared the use of periphyton/phytobenthos for ecological assessment across the...