OBSERVATIONS ON NAVICULA THALLODES (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE), A BLADE‐FORMING DIATOM FROM THE BERING SEA 1

ABSTRACT A thallus‐forming diatom, Navicula thallodes Proschkina‐Lavrenko, previously known only from the original collection at Bering Island (U.S.S.R.), has been found at Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, Alaska. The most remarkable observation of the present report is that N. thallodes may form b...

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Published in:Journal of Phycology
Main Authors: Kociolek, John P., Wynne, Michael J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1988
Subjects:
Amchitka
Amchitka Island
Bering Sea
Bering Island
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.1988.tb04487.x
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Summary:ABSTRACT A thallus‐forming diatom, Navicula thallodes Proschkina‐Lavrenko, previously known only from the original collection at Bering Island (U.S.S.R.), has been found at Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, Alaska. The most remarkable observation of the present report is that N. thallodes may form blades up to 50 cm long, which to our knowledge is the greatest length reported for a colonial diatom. SEM observations of this diatom are presented for the first time.

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