Although the shape and structure of the frustule vary from one diatom species to another, the frustule itself is a rather ...

Morphological characteristics of diatom chains have been extensively studied, yet no studies have examined their mechanical properties. We studied the flexibility of four morphologically distinct ...

There are some 10-12,000 known species of freshwater diatoms, with a further 200-250,000 suspected species. A series of projects investigating their morphology, phylogenetic relationships and ...

The Museum's diatom collection is one of the largest in the world, containing over 300,000 specimens accumulated from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The collections are a crucial ...

I also study the biogeography of diatoms, with an eye to documenting what species grow where, what patterns of distribution there might be and what explanations we might have to account for those ...

Diatoms are a type of phytoplankton found in the oceans and rivers and have glass shells. There are several tens of thousands species, most of which are 0.1 millimeter or smaller and come in ...

The diatom collection at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History is drawn from a variety of sources. It contains uncleaned and cleaned material, as well as permanent slides and material ...