The halite-encrusted salt pans (salars) present at low elevations in the hyperarid core of the
Atacama Desert in northern Chile are unique features of one of the driest and possibly …

The identity and nomenclatural history of several smallcelled naviculoid taxa are revisited.
The species discussed here are important from the ecological point of view since they are …

Diatoms have been widely used to detect changes in streams and rivers water quality due to
their specific sensibility to a variety of ecological conditions. Their tolerances and …

The potential use of epilithic diatoms as indicators of organic pollution was evaluated in
Gravataí River, RS,(latitude 29° 45′–30° 12′ S; longitude 50° 27′–51° 12′ W). The river …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is widely used for species analysis, while the
use of environmental RNA (eRNA) metabarcoding is more limited. We conducted …

Diatoms are an important and often dominant component of the benthic microalgal
assemblage in estuarine and shallow coastal environments. This chapter will be concerned …

This research aimed at developing the Trophic Water Quality Index (TWQI) for subtropical
temperate Brazilian lotic systems based on a review of the indicative values of diatom …

Because of the decreasing fossil fuel supply and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, microalgae have been identified as a viable and sustainable feedstock for biofuel …

During the spring of 1992, fifty‐two quantitative diatom samples were collected from twenty‐
eight rivers located in the Tokyo Metropolitan area, Japan, to study the response of the …

The value of algae as bio-monitors and bio-indicators has already been recognised in the
mid 19th century: The first concept which has been developed was the system of saprobity. It …