Over the last years, issues concerning diatom teratological forms and environmental stress
have received growing interest within the scientific community. Publications on this topic …

Diatoms inhabiting terrestrial habitats that are affected by thermal activity remain poorly
studied, despite significant interest in the biodiversity of hot springs. The Kamchatka …

Diatoms are good indicators of water quality because of their great diversity and wide
ecological range. They are also interesting in assessing the impact of radioactivity on …

This study investigated and compared the diatom flora from thermo-mineral springs in
Auvergne (France) and Sardinia (Italy). Samples were collected from rock/cobbles and fine …

During a survey done on the mineral springs in the French Massif Central region, a new
Chamaepinnularia species (Bacillariophyceae) was found and is hereby described …

Springs are abundant and present worldwide and are among the most threatened
ecosystems on Earth. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the biodiversity of seventy …

Light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations on a new
species of the genus Pseudostaurosira from a spring of the Massif Central (France) are …

A new Gomphosphenia species (Bacillariophyceae) was found during a diatom survey in
the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Vallée de Chaudefour”(RNN VC), in the Massif …

Abstract The Lerma-Chapala Basin, in Central Mexico, is geologically heterogeneous,
climatically diverse and boasts high biodiversity, lying within two Biodiversity Hotspots …

Sellaphora tanghongquii sp. nov. is described from epilithic samples taken from river
systems in Southern China. The morphology of the new species is described based on light …