Diatoms are of significant ecological importance in aquatic ecosystems, which stems from
their dynamic position at the base of the trophic web as primary producers. Because diatom …

Living organisms are used in water quality evaluation, thus reflecting the constantly
changing physical and chemical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems. Diatoms are among …

Two new diatom taxa belonging to the genus Surirella, S. ebalensis and S. congolensis, are
described from material of the Congo Basin, downstream Kisangani, DR Congo. The first …

The knowledge about terrestrial diatom assemblages in southern Africa is rather limited,
despite a long history of diatom research in this area. Terrestrial habitats are places of …

Background and aims–Large-celled Eunotia species from tropical central Africa are
documented in order to define morphological variation within species and to describe new …

Gomphonema grande sp. nov. is described from a single sample collected from the Congo
River Basin, Tropical Africa. The morphological features of the new species are described …

Background and aims–Diatoms from tropical Central Africa are rarely studied and
documented. Waters of the Congo Basin are often acidic and thus may be dominated by …

Eunotia rudis sp. nov. is described from material collected in acid rivers in an almost pristine
tropical rain forest in the Congo Basin in Central Africa. The benthic diatom community was …

Across a three year period and in five major freshwater ecoregions, the SAFRASS project
has used sampling methods, based on cognate schemes developed in temperate countries …

The ecology and taxonomy of the epilithic diatom flora of the Agnéby River, Ivory Coast were
studied in 2012. Ten sites were investigated and diatoms were sampled on glass slides …