Browsing Research Output by Subject "diatoms"
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Cavinula lilandae (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from the Congo Basin, Central Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Cavinula lilandae, a small new diatom from the Congo Basin in Central Africa, was observed in acid riverine habitats in an almost pristine tropical rain forest. It occurred in a periphytic diatom community dominated by ... -
Changes in the algal composition and water quality of the Sundays River, Karoo, South Africa, from source to estuary
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)A first survey was done on algae present in the Sundays River from its source to its confluence with the sea. Species found in the upstream sections of the river included indicators of good water quality, but the quality ... -
New and interesting Surirella taxa (Surirellaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Congo Basin (DR Congo)
(Museum Natl Histoire Naturelle, 2015)Two new diatom taxa belonging to the genus Surirella, S. ebalensis and S. congolensis, are described from material of the Congo Basin, downstream Kisangani, DR Congo. The first taxon is a small, rather common species in ... -
Stenopterobia cataractarum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new benthic diatom from a waterfall in Zambia, Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2014)Rivers, streams and associated habitats have been sampled for diatoms in the relatively understudied Congo and Zambezi sister basins. The primary purpose of the sampling effort was to collect samples for biological monitoring ... -
Two new species of Nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) from freshwater environs of Lonar Crater Lake, India
(Wiley, 2015)Diatom taxa in India were first documented by Ehrenberg and subsequently many studies have focused on the Western Ghats and Himalayan mountains while other regional environments were rarely explored. In the current ...