Diatom Image Database

Welcome to the Diatom Image Database! The Periphyton Group at Florida International University created and maintains the Diatom Image Database, which includes over 980 diatom taxa found in the greater Everglades region of south Florida. Please send questions or comments about the Diatom Image Database to Franco Tobias .

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Gomphonema angustatum obtusatum

Authority:

(Kützing) Grunow

References:

Patrick, R. & Reimer, C. W (1966). The Diatoms of the United States I. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. pp. 126, 127

Ecological Preference:

Fresh
Meso-eutrophic

Description:

Valves have obtuse and bluntly rounded ends; length is 20-30µm

Projects:

Transect Project

Sample localities:

Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA 2A)

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Gomphonema angustatum obtusatum