This article reviews current knowledge of wall morphogenesis in pennate diatoms in relation
to the way characters are defined and described for taxonomic and systematic analyses. It …

As a step towards a global monograph of the freshwater diatom genus Sellaphora, we made
detailed surveys of Sellaphora diversity in the epipelon of 38 lakes and ponds and three …

The past few decades have brought about a significant expansion in our understanding of
the diatom life cycle, particularly its sexual part. Presented here is a set of proposals for the …

A. Poulíčková, P. Hašler, M. Lysáková and B. Spears. 2008. The ecology of freshwater
epipelic algae: an update. Phycologia 47: 437–450. DOI: 10.2216/07-59.1. Epipelic algae …

Despite the significance of diatoms in biomonitoring, many aspects of their biodiversity and
geographical distribution are poorly understood. Recent evidence from molecular data has …

This chapter provides an overview of diatom wall construction, morphology (light microscopy
[LM]), and structure (electron microscopy [EM]), cell cytology, and aspects of wall …

For centuries, both scientists and philosophers have discussed the nature of species
resulting in c. 35 species concepts proposed to date. However, in our opinion, none of them …

Diatoms inhabit different aquatic and non-aquatic environments, including soils. The
naviculoid genus Luticola is widespread in various habitats and accounts for 264 species …

Diatoms are curious in many respects, such as their huge species diversity, their complex
silica cell walls, and the method of locomotion in the most species-rich group, which involves …

Following a reminder of the general plan of the life cycle in diatoms (which are diplontic
organisms that mostly exhibit either oogamy or morphological isogamy) and a short …