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

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...

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Published in:Journal of Phycology
Main Authors: Kociolek, John P., Wynne, Michael J.
Other Authors: Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, Department of Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1988
Subjects:
Bacillariophyceae
Bering Sea
Navicula Thallodes
Thallus-forming Diatom
Natural Resources and Environment
Science
Amchitka
Amchitka Island
Bering Island
Alaska
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65176
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.1988.tb04487.x
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Summary: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. Peer Reviewed http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65176/1/j.1529-8817.1988.tb04487.x.pdf

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