Diatom assemblage from farmer turf

Short length of red algal filament with multilayers diatom assemblage including long straight chains of Stictocyclus stictodiscus, long straight needles of Climacosophenia elongata, and bushy colonies of Licmophora flabellata. The stalks of the Licmophora are in turn epiphytized by a tiny Amphora. Image 4890. Published as Fig. 18.4 in Lobban & Jordan, 2010, Chapter 18 in Smol & Stoermer The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, 2nd ed., pp. 346-356. (c) Cambridge University Press, used with permission.

Collection

Chris Lobban, ID: GU52D 29Sep2007

Geographic Region

Guam

Site

GU 52, Scuba Beach, Apra Harbor

13.4639° N, 144.6562° E

Projects This Photo is Associated With

Western Pacific Diatoms Project

Last Updated

Added by Chris Lobban on February 13, 2009, 4:54 am
Last Edited by Chris Lobban on July 26, 2010, 10:17 pm