Diatoms are an important group of micro algae occurring in marine, estuarine and freshwater habitats as phytoplankton and phytobenthos. The species composition at any given time and place is indicative of the prevailing environmental conditions in that habitat. This, in combination with the relative simplicity of sample collection, processing, analysis and curating, has led to a wealth of taxonomic and autecological information the world over
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Van der Molen, J. 2008. South African diatom collection: a future for historic data. 13th Southern African Marine Science Symposium (SAMSS), Cape Town, South Africa, 29 June - 03 July 2008, pp 1
Van der Molen, J. (2008). South African diatom collection - a future for historic data [SAMSS 2008]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3443
Van der Molen, J. "South African diatom collection - a future for historic data [SAMSS 2008]." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3443
Van der Molen J, South African diatom collection - a future for historic data [SAMSS 2008]; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3443 .
