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A comparative study of Reimeria species (Bacillariophyceae)

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A comparison of national approaches to setting ecological status boundaries in phytobenthos assessment for the European Water Framework Directive: results of an intercalibration exercise

scientific article published on 19 November 2008

A large-scale stream benthic diatom database

A new Planothidium species (Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae) from Xingu Ria , Amazon River basin, Brazil

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A new uncommon epilithic Eunotia (Bacillariophyceae, Eunotiaceae) from the Chapada Diamantina region, Northeast Brazil

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A newPteroncolaspecies (Bacillariophyceae) from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

A review of Tabellaria species from freshwater environments in Europe

A tracer to bridge the scales: on the value of diatoms for tracing fast flow path connectivity from headwaters to meso-scale catchments

Abstracts of Other Taxonomic Contributions

scientific article published in 2000

Achnanthes citronella, A. trachyderma comb. nov. (Bacillariophyta) and allied taxa pertaining to the same morphological group

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Achnanthidium neotropicum sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom from Lake Apastepeque in El Salvador (Central America)

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Algal Flora from Limed and Unlimed Forest Soils in the Ardenne (Belgium)

scholarly article by Lucien Hoffmann et al published 2007 in Systematics and geography of plants

Alpine freshwater ecosystems in a protected area: a source of diatom diversity

Analysis of the Type Material of Synedra deformis W.Sm. and Synedra vaucheriae var. Deformis Grunow (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta)

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Analysis of the type material of Synedra perminuta (Bacillariophyceae) with the description of two new Fragilaria species from Sweden

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Analysis of the type of Fragilaria construens var. subsalina (Bacillariophyceae) and description of two morphologically related taxa from Europe and the United States

Analysis of the type specimens of Fragilaria alpestris (Bacillariophyta) with description of two new ‘araphid’ species from the sub-Antarctic and Arctic Region

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Are diatom diversity indices reliable monitoring metrics?

article published in 2012

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) application to diatom study: review and perspectives

Biogeography and morphology of a poorly known Sellaphora species

scholarly article by Eva Acs et al published 1 April 2017 in Fottea (Praha)

Biogeography and phylogenetic position of a warm-stenotherm centric diatom, Skeletonema potamos (C.I. Weber) hasle and its long-term dynamics in the River Danube.

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

CONTRIBUTION À L'ÉTUDE DE LA FLORE DES GROTTES DE BELGIQUE

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Changes in diatom-dominated biofilms during simulated improvements in water quality: implications for diatom-based monitoring in rivers

Characterization of a new species in the genusDidymospheniaand ofCymbella janischii(Bacillariophyta) from Connecticut, USA

Cocconeis carinata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) and re-examination of Cocconeis orbicularis Frenguelli & H.A.Orlando and Cocconeis reticulata var. deceptionis Frenguelli & H.A.Orlando

Cocconeis rouxii Héribaud & Brun a forgotten, but common benthic diatom species from the Massif Central, France

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Cocconeis scutellum var. ornata Grunow and C. interrupta Grunow from the historical Grunow collection in Vienna (sample 131)

scientific article published in 2019

Cocconeis tsara sp. nov. , C. santandrea sp. nov. and allied taxa pertaining to the new section Loculatae

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Cocconeis vaiamanuensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from Raivavae (South Pacific) and allied taxa: ultrastructural specificities and remarks about the polyphyletic genus Cocconeis Ehrenberg

scientific article published in 2021

Colonial planktonic Eunotia (Bacillariophyceae) from Brazilian Amazon: Taxonomy and biogeographical considerations on the E. asterionelloides species complex

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Current taxonomic studies on the diatom flora (Bacillariophyceae) of the Bolivian Altiplano, South America, with possible consequences for palaeoecological assessments

Cymbella pamirensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from an alpine lake in the Pamir Mountains, Northwestern China

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DNA metabarcoding and microscopic analyses of sea turtles biofilms: Complementary to understand turtle behavior.

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Denticula jamesrossensis, a new freshwater diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from the Maritime Antarctic Region

Description of Stauroneis saprophila sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from anthropogenic environment

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Development of the Trophic Water Quality Index (TWQI) for subtropical temperate Brazilian lotic systems

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Diatom Communities and Water Quality Assessment in Mountain Rivers of the Upper Segre Basin (La Cerdanya, Oriental Pyrenees)

Diatom assemblages from different substrates of the Casteldoria thermo-mineral spring (Northern Sardinia, Italy)

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Diatom flora in subterranean ecosystems: a review

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Diatom percolation through soils: a proof of concept laboratory experiment

Diatom teratological forms and environmental alterations: a review

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Diatoms as a tracer of hydrological connectivity: are they supply limited?

Diatoms from Alto Adige/Südtirol (Northern Italy): characterization of assemblages and their application for biological quality assessment in the context of the Water Framework Directive

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Diatomées invasives exotiques ou rares en France: Principales Observations effectuées au cours des dernières décennies

scientific article published in 2000

Discovery of Living Populations of a Purported Fossil Diatom:Aulacoseira scalarisfrom Two Lakes in the Vosges Mountains (France)

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Distance decay of similarity in neotropical diatom communities

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Distribution, ecology and nuisance effects of the freshwater invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt: a literature review

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Diversity of the genus Genkalia (Bacillariophyta) in boreal and mountain lakes - taxonomy, distribution and ecology.

scientific article published in 2014

Diversity, ecology and distribution of benthic diatoms in thermo-mineral springs in Auvergne (France) and Sardinia (Italy)

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Ecological assessment of Portuguese reservoirs based on littoral epilithic diatoms

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Effect of riparian vegetation on diatom assemblages in headwater streams under different land uses.

scientific article published on 29 June 2013

Effect of streamlining taxa lists on diatom-based indices: implications for intercalibrating ecological status

Encyonema aquasedis sp. nov. and Kurtkrammeria salesopolensis sp. nov.: two new freshwater diatom species (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae) from an oligotrophic reservoir in southeastern Brazil

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Encyonema bonapartei sp. nov.: a new freshwater diatom species (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae) in canals of Great East region (France)

scientific article (publication date: 18 November 2016)

Encyonema exuberans sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from southern Brazilian lotic systems

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Ending a 175-year taxonomic uncertainty: Description of Staurosirella neopinnata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) to accommodate Fragilaria pinnata, a highly misconstrued taxon with a purported worldwide distribution

scientific article published in 2019

Entomoneis triundulatasp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a New Freshwater Diatom Species from Dongting Lake, China

scientific article published in May 2018

Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia (Italy)

Epilithic diatom assemblages and environmental quality of the Su Gologone karst spring (centraleastern Sardinia, Italy)

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Eunotia amazonica sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a common stalk-forming species from the Rio Negro basin (Brazilian Amazon)

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Eunotia enigmatica sp. nov., a new planktonic diatom from Brazil and the transfer of Fragilaria braunii Hustedt to the genus Peronia (Bacillariophyceae)

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Extinction of austral diatoms in response to large-scale climate dynamics in Antarctica

scientific article published in 2021

Fontina Gen. nov. ( Bacillariophyta ): a new diatom genus from a thermo-mineral spring of the French Massif Central (France)

scientific article published on 21 April 2022

Fragilaria odeloucaensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Fragilariaceae) a diatom from temporary streams in southern Portugal

scientific article published in 2022

Fragilaria radians (Kützing) D.M.Williams et Round, the correct name for F. gracilis (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta): a critical analysis of this species complex in Europe ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 October 2022

Fragilariforma javanicacomb. nov.: analysis of type material of a widely reported species with a tropical distribution

FreshwaterMastogloia(Bacillariophyceae) taxa from Macedonia, with a description of the epizoicM. sterijovskiisp. nov

Gomphonema frequentiformis (Metzeltin & Krammer) comb. nov. (Bacillariophyta): ecology and taxonomy of a Neotropical diatom

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Gomphonema varioreduncumsp. nov., a new species from northern and western Europe and a re-examination ofGomphonema exilissimum

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Gomphosphenia vallei (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from a stream in the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Vallée de Chaudefour”, Massif Central (France) ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 April 2022

Halamphora daochengensis sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from a small mountain lake, Sichuan Province, China

scientific article published in 2019

Hydrological connectivity inferred from diatom transport through the riparian-stream system

Identification of benthic invertebrate and diatom indicator taxa that distinguish different stream types as well as degraded from reference conditions in Luxembourg

scientific article published in 2008

Identification versus counting protocols as sources of uncertainty in diatom-based ecological status assessments

Impact of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) on Water Quality, Stream Sediments and Periphytic Diatom Communities in the Surrounding Streams of Aljustrel Mining Area (Portugal)

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Influence of thermal regime and land use on benthic invertebrate communities inhabiting headwater streams exposed to contrasted shading

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Luticola grupcei (Bacillariophyceae) - a new freshwater diatom from Mountain Baba (Macedonia) and Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S.A.): comparison with the type material of L. goeppertiana (Bleisch) D.G. Mann

scientific article published in 2009

Mediterranean karst springs: diatom biodiversity hotspots under the pressure of hydrological fluctuation and nutrient enrichment

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Microcostatus schoemanii sp. nov., M. cholnokyi sp. nov. and M. angloensis sp. nov. three new terrestrial diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from South Africa

Morphological observations and emended description ofAmphora micrometrafrom the Bolivian Altiplano, South America

Morphological studies on type material of widely cited araphid diatoms (Bacillariophyta)

Morphological variability within the Achnanthidium minutissimum species complex (Bacillariophyta): comparison between the type material of Achnanthes minutissima and related taxa, and new freshwater Achnanthidium species from Portugal

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Morphology and distribution of Brevilinea kevei sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom from Europe

scientific article (publication date: 8 November 2016)

Morphology and identity of some ecologically important smallNitzschiaspecies

article published in 2012

Morphology of two Mastogloia species (Bacillariophyta) from Lac de Guiers (Senegal) and comparison with the type material of M. braunii

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Morphology, taxonomy and distribution ofStephanodiscus triporus(Bacillariophyceae) and related taxa

Morphology, typification and critical analysis of some ecologically important small naviculoid species (Bacillariophyta)

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Morphometric analyses of Staurosira inflata comb. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) and the morphologically related Staurosira tabellaria from north-western Russia

scholarly article by Alexander G. Rusanov et al published 5 June 2018 in European Journal of Phycology

NITZSCHIA ALICAE SP. NOV. AND N. PURIFORMIS SP. NOV., NEW DIATOMS FROM EUROPEAN RIVERS AND COMPARISON WITH THE TYPE MATERIAL OF N. SUBLINEARIS AND N. PURA(1).

scientific article published in June 2009

New Combinations and Type Analysis ofChamaepinnulariaSpecies (Bacillariophyceae) from Aerial Habitats

scientific article published in 2013

New Species and Combinations in the GenusGeissleria(Bacillariophyceae)

scientific article published in 2013

New combinations and typification of Neotropical Cosmioneis species (Cosmioneidaceae)

New epiphytic araphid diatoms in the genusUlnaria(Bacillariophyta) from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

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New epizoic diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from sea turtles in the Eastern Caribbean and South Pacific

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

New species and combinations on Fragilariforma (Bacillariophyta) from tropical freshwater environments

Nitzschia austriaca Hustedt: a characteristic diatom of Hungarian inland saline waters including a morphological comparison with the type material

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Nitzschia transtagensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from a spring in Southern Portugal

Nupela troglophila sp. nov., an aerophilous diatom (Bacillariophyta) from the Bossea cave (NW Italy), with notes on its ecology

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Observations of two nuisance stalk-forming diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from a river in Connecticut, Northeastern U.S.A.: Didymosphenia sp. and Cymbella janischii (A. Schmidt) De Toni

On the geographical distribution and ecology of Pseudostaurosira cataractarum (Bacillariophyceae): new findings in the Palearctic and Neotropic ecozones

On the identity of Chamaepinnularia thermophila comb. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from a Neotropical thermal spring

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On the potential for terrestrial diatom communities and diatom indices to identify anthropic disturbance in soils

scientific article published in 2017

Periphytic diatoms of the Mediterranean karst spring Sa Vena (Su Gologone system, Sardinia, Italy): relationships with environmental variables and effects of an extreme flash flood

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Pinnularia caprichosa sp. nov.: a diatom from a black water Brazilian Amazon system

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Placoneis cocquytiae, a new raphid diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from the Senegal River (Senegal, West Africa)

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Planothidium incuriatum sp. nov. a widely distributed diatom species (Bacillariophyta) and type analysis of Planothidium biporomum

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Planothidium lagerheimii comb. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthales) a forgotten diatom from South America

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Planothidium marganaiensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new cavum-bearing species from a karst spring in south-western Sardinia (Italy)

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Pond turtle carapaces, an alternative natural substrate for the use of a diatom-based water quality index

scientific article published in 2020

Preface: Use of algae for monitoring rivers

Pseudostaurosira bardii (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta), a new species from a saline hydrothermal spring of the Massif Central (France)

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Pseudostaurosira crateri sp. nov. (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta), a new small araphid, fossil diatom species from the Pleistocene (Atlantic Forest, Brazil)

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Quality assurance of diatom counts in Europe: towards harmonized datasets

Recommendations for the routine sampling of diatoms for water quality assessments in Europe

article published in 1998

Reinvestigation of the type material for Odontidium hyemale (Roth) Kützing and related species, with description of four new species in the genus Odontidium (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta)

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Response of diatom indices to simulated water quality improvements in a river

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Revision of European <i>Brachysira</i> species (Brachysiraceae, Bacillariophyta): III. Species formerly included in the <i>Brachysira serians</i>-complex

scientific article published in 2021

Sellaphora davoutiana sp. nov.: a new freshwater diatom species (Sellaphoraceae, Bacillariophyta) in lakes of Northeastern France

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Sellaphora gologonica sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Sellaphoraceae), a new diatom species from a Mediterranean karst spring (Sardinia, Italy)

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Sellaphora labernardierei (Sellaphoraceae, Bacillariophyta), a new epilithic species from French spring and four new combinations within the genus Sellaphora

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Sellaphora pelagonica (Bacillariophyceae), a new species from dystrophic ponds in the Republic of North Macedonia

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Some Cocconeis species (Bacillariophyceae) originally described by William Gregory and Robert Kaye Greville from the Firth of Clyde and Loch Fyne (Scotland)

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Staurosira grigorszkyi nom. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) an araphid diatom from Lake Balaton, Hungary, with notes on Fragilaria hungarica Pantocsek

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Staurosirella acidophilasp. nov., a New Araphid Diatom (Bacillariophyta) from Southeastern Brazil: Ultrastructure, Distribution and Autecology

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Staurosirella paranaensis sp. nov. , a new epiphytic freshwater diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from the Paraná River floodplain, Brazil, South America

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Study of the type material of Navicula egregia Hustedt and descriptions of two new aerial Microcostatus (Bacillariophyta) species from Central Europe

scientific article (publication date: 19 October 2016)

Taxonomy and Ecology ofFragilaria microvaucheriaesp. nov. and Comparison with the Type Materials ofF. uliginosaandF. vaucheriae

scientific article published in 2015

Taxonomy and ecology of Achnanthidium (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from southeastern Brazil with the description of six new species ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 December 2022

Taxonomy and ecology of Fragilaria billingsii sp. nov. and analysis of type material of Synedra rumpens var. fusa (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) from Brazil

scientific article (publication date: 19 August 2016)

Taxonomy, distribution and autecology of Planothidium bagualensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) a common monoraphid species from southern Brazilian rivers

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The Influence of Land Use and the Nature of the Substrate on the Diatom Association from Ponds Found in Two Adjacent Regions of France

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The effect of natural radioactivity on diatom communities in mineral springs

scientific article published in 2019

The genus Eunotia (Bacillariophyta) in the Falkland Islands and species-area relationships in sub-Antarctic islands

The genus Gomphonema (Bacillariophyta) in Rara Lake, Nepal: taxonomy, morphology, habitat distribution and description of five new species, and a new record for Gomphoneis qii

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The identity of Eunotia paludosa Grunow 1862 (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta), a revision, and the description of three new species of Eunotia Ehrenberg

scientific article published in 2022

The rivers are alive: on the potential for diatoms as a tracer of water source and hydrological connectivity

Transfer of Fragilaria atomus Hust. to the genus Stauroforma (Bacillariophyta) based on observation of type and newly collected material

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Transfer ofStaurosira grunowiitoStaurosirella

Tursiocola podocnemicola sp. nov., a new epizoic freshwater diatom species from the Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

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Two new diatoms in the genus Fragilaria Lyngbye (Fragilariophyceae) from tropical reservoirs in Brazil and comparison with type material of F. tenera

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Two new periphytic Eunotia species from the neotropical Amazonian ‘black waters’, with a type analysis of E. braunii

Two new species of Staurosira and Pseudostaurosira (Bacillariophyta) from the highlands of Argentina (south-central Andes) and two new nomenclatural combinations

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Two sub-Antarctic and Northern Europe distributed diatom species found in a middle-mountain lake in France

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Type analysis of Cymbella schubartii and two new Encyonopsis species (Bacillariophyceae) from southeastern Brazil

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Typification and morphology of Staurosirella lapponica (Grunow) D.M.Williams & Round and Staurosirella pinnata var. intercedens (Grunow) P.B.Hamilton (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyta) ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 August 2022

Typology of diatom communities and the influence of hydro-ecoregions: A study on the French hydrosystem scale

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Ultrastructure ofDiatomella balfourianawith a discussion of septum-like structures in diatom genera

Unexpected consequences of bombing. Community level response of epiphytic diatoms to environmental stress in a saline bomb crater pond area

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Unraveling the Identity ofFragilaria pinnataEhrenberg andStaurosira pinnataEhrenberg: Research in Progress on a Convoluted Story

scientific article published in 2013

Use of artificial intelligence (MIR-max) and chemical index to define type diatom assemblages in Rhône basin and Mediterranean region

scholarly article

Using geometric morphometrics to disentangle Didymosphenia hullii and D. geminata (Bacillariophyceae) from Connecticut, USA, and two congeneric relatives

Water quality assessment using diatom assemblages and advanced modelling techniques

New and poorly known “araphid” diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from regions near Lake Titicaca, South America and a discussion on the continued use of morphological characters in “araphid” diatom taxonomy ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

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