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Diatoms of North America
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100001-1000000
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µm
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Distribution
Western rivers 2004
Southeast rivers 2014
Northeast rivers 2016
Northwest rivers 2015
California coastal rivers 2017
Northeast lake sediments
Nat. Eco. Obs. Network (NEON)
Great Lakes inventory
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Asterionella
Asterionella formosa
Asterionella ralfsii var. americana
Aulacoseira
Aulacoseira granulata var. angustissima
Aulacoseira pusilla
Aulacoseira newjerseyana
Aulacoseira islandica
Bacillaria
Bacillaria paxillifera
Chaetoceros
Chaetoceros lauderi
Cymbella
Cymbella mexicana var. kamtschatica
Diprora
Diprora haenaensis
Encyonema
Encyonema leibleinii
Encyonema nicafei
Encyonema reimeri
Eunotia
Eunotia zasuminensis
Gomphoneis
Gomphoneis herculeana
Gomphonella
Gomphonella hutchinsoniana
Gomphonella fogedii
Gomphonella olivacea
Gomphonema
Gomphonema lagenula
Gomphonema elongatum
Gomphonema coronatum
Gomphonema vibrioides
Melosira
Melosira varians
Melosira undulata
Ninastrelnikovia
Ninastrelnikovia gibbosa
Orthoseira
Orthoseira oregoniana
Pinnularia
Pinnularia socialis
Semiorbis
Semiorbis eliasiae
Staurosira
Staurosira construens var. venter
Staurosirella
Staurosirella berolinensis
Thalassiosira
Thalassiosira minima
Urosolenia
Urosolenia eriensis