myDiatoms.org
The goal of the myDiatoms project is to introduce students, naturalists, and anyone else interested in biodiversity to diatoms, a lineage of microbes...
Projects
Read about groups that have joined together to produce taxon pages on a regional or global topic. Be inspired by young diatomists and their accomplishments. Learn how these microscopic organisms are connected to ecology, paleolimnology, assessment, biodiversity and environmental change.
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Marine megafauna are an evolutionary playground for diatoms.
Exploring diatoms without a microscope
Our approach to diatom collection digitization will help automate data collection, create opportunities for data sharing and collaboration, and...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2025
Happy 50th Lakeside Diatoms Anniversary to Steve Main! Thank you for sharing your diatom knowledge and serving to curate the Reimer Herbarium.
Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network (GLKN)
This project is a collaboration between the St. Croix Watershed Research Station and the National Park Service to develop species pages based on...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2024
Students in the intensive field course at Iowa Lakeside Lab contribute to the Diatoms of North America For a final project, students intensively...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2023
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of North America For a final project, students intensively research a single...
Diatom study at Albany High School, California
First, we learned the features of diatoms, including that they have golden brown chloroplasts (color of hashbrown potatoes) with chlorophyll c.
Marine Arctic Diatoms (MARDI)
The MARDI working group aims to improve the precision and reliability of quantitative diatom-based palaeoceanographic reconstructions in the Arctic...
Pinnularia and other large diatoms of the Northeast
Diatoms that are relatively large are typically out numbered in aquatic assemblages. Yet, these species may be ecologically important, as well as...
The Colorado River is changing in dramatic ways
Science is a form of play, if you let your mind relax. Youth naturally have relaxed minds, and their playful and insightful questions flow, like...
The Montana Diatom Collection
The Montana Diatom Collection includes approximately 100 new species (types), over 300 taxa documented in diatoms.org, and is the source of material...
Indiana Diatom Index StoryMap and Shiny App
The StoryMap summarizes the development of diatom indices in wadeable, perennial streams in Indiana. The Shiny app allows IDEM and their partners to...
National Multimetric Index (MMI) for diatoms
We developed web-based software that allows practitioners to compute metrics, apply our MMIs, and interpret MMI scores for their diatom species...
Virtual Diatom Course 2021
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms (virtual 2-week course) was held June 7–18, 2021
Taxon Workshop, Society for Freshwater Science 2021
In this workshop, each sub-group of participants focused on a single taxon and learned to describe its features, ecology, and distribution.
Learn your diatom alter ego
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020, we opened the Science Museum of Minnesota to the public.
College Prep Diatoms 2019
For the 8th summer, Iowa Lakeside Lab offered the course College Prep Diatoms (CPD) for advanced high school students. Six students from Iowa,...
Northeast Lakes Regional Flora
The flora and all accompanying documentation are publicly accessible.
Diatom 8
Eight students with stealth to face all intrigue.
Southeast Stream Quality Assessment
The Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA) study characterized watershed and water quality parameters, with the goal of determining the factors...
Taxon pages supported by EPA Office of Water
Through continued support by the EPA Office of Water, senior scientist Mark Edlund and doctoral student David Burge at the Science Museum of...
College Prep Diatoms 2017
Eight students from Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois participated in a one or two-week course at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory and earned college credit.
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2017
Mark Edlund and Sylvia Lee taught the 55th annual diatom class at Iowa Lakeside Lab.
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2016
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of the United States. For a final project, students intensively research a...
From a playful summer camp…
… to a playful (and academically rigorous) college preparatory program. College Prep Diatoms (CPD) July 25 – August 5, 2016
Diatoms from remote places
A significant finding of this project is the high diatom diversity in wild, remote landscapes - new species are still awaiting discovery.
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2015
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of the United States. For a final project, students intensively research a...
Phycological Research Consortium
The Phycological Research Consortium (PRC) was formed to bring people working on algae together, with Mindy Morales, Sarah Rushforth, Kerry Howard...
Alverson Lab, University of Arkansas
The Alverson Lab investigates evolutionary origins of the diatoms through genomics. Current projects involve the relationship to bolidophytes,...
Craticula: a gothic horror?
Species within the genus Craticula form peculiar internal valves. These internal valves have been called mutants and monstrosities; they are quite...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2014
You can tell that it is a diatom by the way that it is. Students investigated the way that diatom species are - their life history, morphology,...
Artist Feature - Renee Robbins
Diatoms of the US presents a visual artist feature by Renee Robbins. Renee draws inspiration from natural phenomena, science, and micro to macro...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2013
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of the United States. For a final project, students intensively research a...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2012
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of the United States. For a final project, students intensively research a...
Diatoms from the Crown of the Continent
The Crown is one of the most spectacular and most pristine regions of North America, and a hotspot for diatom biodiversity. A preliminary analysis of...
Renovation and computerization of ANSP Diatom Herbarium
The ANSP Diatom Herbarium database can be searched by taxon, geographical location, collector/donor/source, or catalogue number. The database is...
Diatoms of North-Central Pennsylvania
A study was conducted of diatom communities from 140 sites in protected areas of Pennsylvania. Samples were collected in 2009.
U.S. Geological Survey / Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
The USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) work through a cooperative...
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, 2011
Students in Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms contribute to the Diatoms of the United States. For a final project, students intensively research a...
Algal biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A wide range of acid aquatic habitats in the Park make it an ideal location to explore the biodiversity of Eunotia. A number of Eunotia species -...
Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and effects on diatoms
As part of a project studying atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and its effects on lake diatoms in Grand Teton National Park, researchers are...
