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Great Lakes Diatoms - http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/GreatLakesDiatomHomePage/top.html
Collection of images, classified by morphology and by genus. |
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California Academy of Sciences Diatom Collection - http://www.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/
An extensive resource on diatom taxonomy, primarily focused on recent freshwater diatoms of the United States. |
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Introduction to Bacillariophyta (the Diatoms) - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/bacillariophyta.html
Information about the fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics, and morphology. |
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Farlow Diatoms - http://zutto.huh.harvard.edu/diatom/
Information on this collection of about 30,000 microscope slides and field specimens which have been collected by diatomists and botanists. |
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Major Groups of Diatom - http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/GreatLakesDiatomHomePage/groups/majorgroups.html
Provides a facility for identifying diatoms based on their major morphological characteristics. |
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http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.html - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.html
Article by Wim van Egmond introducing these delicate unicellular organisms that have yellow-brown chloroplasts that enables them to photosynthesize, with fine photographs. |
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The Diatoms of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct06/dr-diatoms2.html
Photographic study by David B. Richman of the diatoms living in lakes in this high-gypsum environment. |
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Cohn Lab Center For Diatom Research - http://condor.depaul.edu/~diatom
Dedicated to expanding research and general knowledge of diatoms, includes basic introductions about diatoms, and information about the laboratory and the research undertaken. |
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Diatoms in a Different Light - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep00/roldiatdf5.html
Article by Roland Mortimer on these organisms, with a small image gallery of different freshwater species. |
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Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life - Diatoms - http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cblife/algae/diatom/index.html
Fact sheets on the diatom genera and species found in Maryland in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. |