scholarly journals Photosynthetic characteristics of the benthic diatom species Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow isolated from a soda pan along temperature-, sulfate- and chloride gradients

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edina Lengyel ◽  
Attila W. Kovács ◽  
Judit Padisák ◽  
Csilla Stenger-Kovács
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceres A. Molina-Cárdenas ◽  
M. del Pilar Sánchez-Saavedra

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-350
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Wetzel ◽  
Ingrid Jüttner ◽  
Smriti Gurung ◽  
Luc Ector

Background and aims – Two unknown benthic diatom species belonging to the genus Achnanthidium Kütz., and found in French and Nepalese freshwater habitats, were investigated. Both species are here described as new and compared with the original material of Achnanthes minutissima var. macrocephala Hust. [≡ Achnanthidium macrocephalum (Hust.) Round & Bukht.] from Indonesia. Methods – The morphology of three small and capitate Achnanthidium species was investigated using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Key results – Achnanthidium coxianum sp. nov. (from the Himalaya) belongs to the group of species with hooked terminal raphe endings, while Achnanthidium peetersianum sp. nov. (from France) has variable terminal raphe endings which are usually slightly bent. Achnanthidium macrocephalum is a much rarer species and illustrations concerning its identity in the literature do not conform to the type studied here. Conclusions – The three species are similar in LM but clearly distinct in SEM. The shape of the areolae and terminal raphe endings separate the species. Achnanthidium macrocephalum has often been misidentified in studies from many areas of the world. It is similar to the new species in valve outline and in its small dimensions.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 349 (2) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATHERINE RIAUX-GOBIN ◽  
ANDRZEJ WITKOWSKI ◽  
RICHARD W. JORDAN ◽  
VALERIANO PARRAVICINI ◽  
SERGE PLANES

During the ‘Tara Pacific 2016–2018 Expedition’, marine benthic diatom samples were collected from several Tuamotu atolls in the South Pacific. Preparation and examination of these samples were conducted following standard methods including light and scanning electron microscopy. A small-celled taxon from the genus Cocconeis Ehrenb. (Bacillariophyceae) is described from the Nukutavake reef, and compared to several other taxa for which the definition is not always clear (e.g., Cocconeis diruptoides Hust. and Cocconeis pseudodiruptoides Foged). The new taxon is present only on one of the investigated Tuamotu atolls, possibly indicating local endemism.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
D. A. Siqueiros-Beltrones ◽  
G. Valenzuela-Romero ◽  
O. U. Hernández-Almeida ◽  
U. Argumedo-Hernández ◽  
F.O. López Fuerte

Se proporcionan un catálogo iconográfico y el inventario de los taxa de diatomeas que se encuentran en hábitats rocosos de la costa occidental de Baja California Sur, y aquellas que forman parte de la dieta de abulones (Haliotis spp.) jóvenes, con el objetivo de tener una referencia práctica que coadyuve en el manejo de este recurso. La información se derivó principalmente de estudios científicos en varias localidades de B. C. S. Para ello, se obtuvieron muestras de diatomeas del ambiente rocoso, y se examinaron los contenidos intestinales de especímenes juveniles de abulón azul (H. fulgens ) y abulón amarillo (H. corrugata ). Se identificaron 321 taxa de diatomeas bénticas, tanto epilíticas como epífitas, de los cuales, hasta 98 taxa se han observado dentro de su dieta. Así, aunque juveniles de H. corrugata y H. fulgens pueden alimentarse de diatomeas de cualquier especie que esté disponible en su ambiente, la dieta principalmente la constituyen unos pocos taxa, específicamente: Cocconeis speciosa, C. costata var. pacifica, C. diminuta, C. scutellum, Thalassionema nitzschioides, Tabularia investiens, Gomphonemopsis pseudexigua , incluyendo formas coloniales, como Berkeleya fennica . En los contenidos intestinales es común observar agregaciones de diatomeas, ya sean mono- o multiespecíficas, a veces adheridas a tejidos de macroalga. De acuerdo con este estudio, se deben reconsiderar el enfoque monoespecífico y la selectividad en la alimentación de juveniles y poslarvas de Haliotisspp. en cultivo; asimismo, la fuente para su alimentación debe ser el sustrato rocoso colonizado por macroalgas donde estos habitan. Igual, debe reevaluarse la contribución de las diatomeas a la nutrición de abulones jóvenes (0.5 cm - 1 cm) que han cambiado su dieta a macroalgas, dada la abundancia de diatomeas epifitas que aquellas presentan. Iconographic catalog of the diatoms occurring in rocky habitats and in the diet of young abalone (Haliotis spp.) in Baja California Sur, México An iconographic catalogue and inventory of the diatom taxa found in rocky habitats of the west coast of Baja California Sur and those that make up part of the diet in young abalone ( Haliotis spp.) are provided as a practical reference that aids in the management of this resource. This information was derived mainly from scientific studies in various localities in B. C. Sincerely. The analyzed diatom samples were collected from the rocky environment, and from the gut contents of young green ( H. fulgens ) and pink abalone ( H. corrugata ). A total of 321 benthic diatom taxa were identified, both epilithic and mainly epiphytic forms. Out of these 98 diatom taxa have been observed in the diet of juvenile H. fulgens and H. corrugata . Although young abalone may feed on any diatom species available in their habitat, few taxa represent the main diatom component of their diet: Cocconeis speciosa, C. costata var. pacifica, C. diminuta, C. scutellum, T. nitzschioides, T. investiens, Gomphonemopsis pseudexigua, and colonial forms, such as Berkeleya fennica . Mono- or multispecific clusters of diatoms are frequent in the gut contents of abalone juveniles, frequently attached to macroalgae tissue. Our observations indicate that the monospecific view and supposed selectivity in the feeding of cultured abalone should be reconsidered, and that the diatom source for feeding young abalone and post-larvae under culture conditions should be the rocky substrate occupied by macroalgae found in abalone fishing sites. Because of the abundance of epiphytic diatoms on macroalgae the contribution of diatoms to the nutrition of young abalone (0.5 cm -1 cm) that change their diet to macroalgae should be reassessed.


Author(s):  
Eva Cointet ◽  
Elise Séverin ◽  
Aurélie Couzinet-Mossion ◽  
Vona Méléder ◽  
Olivier Gonçalves ◽  
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Author(s):  
Monika Dziengo-Czaja ◽  
Justyna Koss ◽  
Agnieszka Matuszak

Teratological forms of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) as indicators of water pollution in the western part of Puck Bay (southern Baltic Sea)Studies of benthic diatom communities in the surface sediments of the Swarzewo area of Puck Bay were carried out during 1998 and 1999 in order to assess water quality, and in particular the organic load. Among the 192 taxa identified, teratological forms of diatoms were recorded in 17 diatom species, primarily in the species


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