Asterionella

Category

Araphid
Class

Fragilariophyceae
Order

Fragilariales
Family

Fragilariaceae

Type Species

Asterionella formosa Hass.

Contributor

Sarah Spaulding, Mark Edlund - Jan 2009
Reviewer

Sam Rushforth - Apr 2010

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2 Additional Asterionella species

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Körner, H. (1969) Morphology and Taxonomie der Diatomeengattung Asterionella Inaugural-Dissertation, der Freien Universität Berlin
Körner, H. (1970) Morphologie und Taxonomie der Diatomeen Gattung Asterionella Nova Hedwigia 20: 557-724
Lund, J.W.G. (1950) Studies on Asterionella formosa Hass. 2. Nutrient depletion and the spring maximum Journal of Ecology 38: 15-35
Maberly, S.C., Hurley, M.A., Butterwick, C., Corry, J.E., Heaney, S.I., Irish, A.E., Jaworski, G.H.M., Lund, J.W.G., Reynolds, C.S. and Roscoe, J.V. (1994) The rise and fall of Asterionella formosa in the south basin of Windermere - analysis of a 45 year series of data Freshwater Biology 31: 19-34
Mayer, A. (1937) Die Bacillariophyten-Gattungen Fragilaria und Asterionella in Bayern Ber. Bayerischen Bot. Gesell. 22: 50-85
Pappas, J.L. and Stoermer, E.F. (2001) Asterionella Hassall (Heterokontophyta, Bacillariophyceae), taxonomic history and quantitative methods as an aid to valve shape differentiation Diatom 17:47-58
Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. and Mann, D.G. (1990) The Diatoms. Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 747 pp.
Saros, J.E., Michel, T.J., Interlandi, S.J. and Wolfe, A.P. (2005) Resource requirements of Asterionella formosa and Fragilaria crotonensis in oligotrophic alpine lakes: implications for recent phytoplankton community reorganizations Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 1681-1681

Publication Link: doi:10.1139/f05-077

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Spaulding, S., Edlund, M. (2009). Asterionella. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved June 09, 2023, from https://diatoms.org/genera/asterionella

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2 Additional Asterionella species

Asterionella formosa var. gracillima

Asterionella ralfsii

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