She is currently attempting to isolate freshwater diatoms from Lake Erie samples that possess PPRs to create a model freshwater diatom-PPR system for further study. Her findings could offer clues ...

Our diatom research is focused on the pursuit of comparative biology: the systematics, evolution and biogeography of freshwater diatoms. The research covers both extinct and extant taxa, and utilises ...

and freshwater reservoirs. In nature, however, the salinity varies widely among different species of diatoms—from 0 (diatoms ...

I also study biogeography, as well as applications of diatoms, such as water quality monitoring and biofuels. My current research is focused on freshwater diatoms of China, India, Russia as well as ...

Diatom species composition changed to forms ... This knowledge will serve to preserve the health of our freshwater resources for future generations.

Dr David Williams: Taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of freshwater diatoms. Dr Anne D. Jungblut: Taxonomic diversity and ecology of cyanobacteria, toxic bloom-forming cyanobacteria, benthic ...

The diatom collection at the University of Colorado Museum of ... The second source is from J.P. Kociolek, and includes his personal collection. This is primarily freshwater, including fossil and ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 57, No. 6 (2012), pp. 1619-1633 (15 pages) A microcosm study in iron-limited waters of the northeast subarctic Pacific Ocean was conducted to examine how iron ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor, ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 61, No. 4 (2016), pp. 1232-1244 (13 pages) Temperature strongly affects phytoplankton growth rates, but its effect on communities and ecosystem processes is debated.

Freshwater lakes and ponds are among the ... while nutrient loading and insecticide pollution promoted phytoplankton blooms. However, the combined effects of these stressors were found to be ...