Diatom flora in subterranean ecosystems: a review

E Falasco, L Ector, M Isaia, CE Wetzel… - International Journal of …, 2014 - iris.unito.it
In scarcity of light and primary producers, subterranean ecosystems are generally extremely
oligotrophic habitats, receiving poor supplies of degradable organic matter from the surface …

Diatoms in paleoenvironmental studies of peatlands

R Carballeira, X Pontevedra-Pombal - Quaternary, 2020 - mdpi.com
The great diversity of diatoms in aquatic ecosystems and their close relationship with water
chemistry make them one of the most informative and widely used biological proxies in …

A worldwide listing and biogeography of freshwater diatom genera: a phylogenetic perspective

JP Kociolek - Diatom research, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A listing of the accepted freshwater diatom genera worldwide is presented, indicating the
distribution of the genera by continent. Out of a total of 249 genera, 63 (25%) of those …

Description of a new diatom genus Dorofeyukea gen. nov. with remarks on phylogeny of the family Stauroneidaceae

M Kulikovskiy, Y Maltsev, S Andreeva… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Type material of Navicula kotschyi was studied, and this species was transferred to
Dorofeyukea gen. nov. as D. kotschyi comb. nov. Dorofeyukea was described on the basis of …

A standard method for the routine sampling of terrestrial diatom communities for soil quality assessment

C Barragán, CE Wetzel, L Ector - Journal of Applied Phycology, 2018 - Springer
Terrestrial diatom communities are dynamic, partially unknown and potential bioindicators of
the soil ecological quality. Many different sampling methods for soil algae can be found in …

Variations in diatom communities at genus and species levels in peatlands (central China) linked to microhabitats and environmental factors

X Chen, Z Bu, MA Stevenson, Y Cao, L Zeng… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Peatlands are a specialized type of organic wetlands, fulfilling essential roles as global
carbon sinks, headwaters of rivers and biodiversity hotspots. Despite their importance …

The influence of water-table depth and pH on the spatial distribution of diatom species in peatlands of the Boreal Shield and Hudson Plains, Canada

KE Hargan, KM Rühland, AM Paterson, SA Finkelstein… - Botany, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Diatoms collected from 113 surface peat samples from the Boreal Shield and Hudson Plains
show taxonomic distributions that are associated with macro-vegetation type, pH, and …

A new species of Placoneis Mereschkowsky (Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales) from wet soils in southern Vietnam

E Kezlya, A Glushchenko, JP Kociolek, Y Maltsev… - Cryptogamie …, 2022 - BioOne
ABSTRACT A new diatom species of the genus Placoneis Mereschkowsky is described on
the basis of molecular and morphological data. The new species, Placoneis asymmetricus …

The substrate, a key factor or not, to explain the species diversity of diatom communities in mineral springs

LA Baker, DG Biron, F Millan, O Voldoire, V Breton… - Botany …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Diatoms colonised most aquatic ecosystems on earth from marine to freshwater ones, and
also the springs containing a fairly large and poorly known diversity of diatoms. While …

The effects of environmental, climatic and spatial factors on diatom diversity in Sphagnum peatlands in central and northeastern China

JL Li, ZJ Bu, XY Huang, L Zeng, X Chen - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Peatlands are limno-terrestrial habitats that support rich microscopic algae, whereas algal
distribution is poorly known in peaty environments. This study aims to explore diatom …