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Diatoms of North America
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Western rivers 2004
Southeast rivers 2014
Northeast rivers 2016
Northwest rivers 2015
California coastal rivers 2017
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Acanthoceras
Acanthoceras zachariasii
Actinocyclus
Actinocyclus normanii
Asterionella
Asterionella formosa
Asterionella ralfsii var. americana
Aulacoseira
Aulacoseira granulata var. angustissima
Aulacoseira herzogii
Aulacoseira pusilla
Aulacoseira tenella
Aulacoseira humilis
Aulacoseira nivaloides
Aulacoseira nygaardii
Aulacoseira ambigua
Aulacoseira crassipunctata
Aulacoseira subarctica
Aulacoseira alpigena
Aulacoseira canadensis
Aulacoseira valida
Aulacoseira newjerseyana
Aulacoseira granulata
Aulacoseira nivalis
Aulacoseira islandica
Aulacoseira lirata
Aulacoseira italica
Aulacoseira muzzanensis
Chaetoceros
Chaetoceros muelleri
Chaetoceros lauderi
Cocconeis
Cocconeis placentula
Ctenophora
Ctenophora pulchella
Cyclostephanos
Cyclostephanos invisitatus
Cyclostephanos tholiformis
Cyclostephanos dubius
Cyclotella
Cyclotella atomus
Cyclotella distinguenda
Cyclotella kingstonii
Cyclotella quillensis
Diatoma
Diatoma moniliformis
Diatoma vulgaris
Diatoma tenuis
Diatoma ehrenbergii
Diprora
Diprora haenaensis
Discostella
Discostella pseudostelligera
Discostella lacuskarluki
Discostella stelligera
Discostella asterocostata
Distrionella
Distrionella incognita
Ellerbeckia
Ellerbeckia arenaria
Eupodiscus
Eupodiscus radiatus
Fragilaria
Fragilaria pennsylvanica
Fragilaria recapitellata
Fragilaria vaucheriae
Fragilaria socia
Fragilaria mesolepta
Fragilaria cyclopum
Fragilaria amphicephaloides
Fragilaria crotonensis
Fragilaria tenera
Fragilaria synegrotesca
Fragilariforma
Fragilariforma horstii
Fragilariforma marylandica
Fragilariforma polygonata
Fragilariforma constricta
Fragilariforma bicapitata
Fragilariforma nitzschioides
Fragilariforma virescens
Fragilariforma acidobiontica
Gomphonema
Gomphonema consector
Gomphonema semiapertum
Hannaea
Hannaea arcus
Hannaea superiorensis
Hydrosera
Hydrosera whampoensis
Lindavia
Lindavia delicatula
Lindavia comensis
Lindavia michiganiana
Lindavia ocellata
Lindavia praetermissa
Lindavia rossii
Lindavia radiosa
Lindavia antiqua
Lindavia affinis
Lindavia intermedia
Lindavia bodanica
Lindavia eriensis
Melosira
Melosira dickiei
Melosira varians
Melosira normannii
Melosira undulata
Meridion
Meridion lineare
Meridion circulare var. constrictum
Meridion anceps
Meridion circulare
Meridion alansmithii
Nanofrustulum
Nanofrustulum cataractarum
Navicula
Navicula hodgeana
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Odontidium
Odontidium mesodon
Odontidium hyemale
Orthoseira
Orthoseira oregoniana
Orthoseira roeseana
Oxyneis
Oxyneis binalis var. elliptica
Oxyneis binalis
Pleurosira
Pleurosira laevis
Pseudostaurosira
Pseudostaurosira trainorii
Pseudostaurosira elliptica
Pseudostaurosira neoelliptica
Pseudostaurosira microstriata
Pseudostaurosira pseudoconstruens
Pseudostaurosira robusta
Pseudostaurosira parasitica
Pseudostaurosira brevistriata
Pseudostaurosira americana
Punctastriata
Punctastriata mimetica
Stauroforma
Stauroforma exiguiformis
Staurosira
Staurosira construens
Staurosira binodis
Staurosira stevensonii
Staurosira construens var. venter
Staurosirella
Staurosirella pinnata
Staurosirella berolinensis
Staurosirella martyi
Staurosirella leptostauron
Staurosirella neopinnata
Staurosirella leptostauron var. dubia
Staurosirella rhomboides
Stephanocyclus
Stephanocyclus meneghinianus
Stephanocyclus gamma
Stephanodiscus
Stephanodiscus parvus
Stephanodiscus minutulus
Stephanodiscus binderanus
Stephanodiscus hantzschii f. tenuis
Stephanodiscus hantzschii
Stephanodiscus oregonicus
Stephanodiscus alpinus
Stephanodiscus medius
Stephanodiscus yellowstonensis
Stephanodiscus niagarae
Stephanodiscus reimeri
Synedra
Synedra mazamaensis
Synedra famelica
Tabellaria
Tabellaria fenestrata
Tabellaria flocculosa
Tabularia
Tabularia fasciculata
Terpsinoë
Terpsinoe musica
Tetracyclus
Tetracyclus rupestris
Tetracyclus hinziae
Tetracyclus emarginatus
Tetracyclus glans
Thalassiosira
Thalassiosira minima
Thalassiosira weissflogii
Thalassiosira baltica
Thalassiosira lacustris
Ulnaria
Ulnaria goulardii
Ulnaria contracta
Ulnaria acus
Ulnaria delicatissima
Ulnaria capitata
Urosolenia
Urosolenia eriensis