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Welcome to the Diatom Image Database! The Periphyton Group at Florida International University created and maintains the Diatom Image Database, which includes over 980 diatom taxa found in the greater Everglades region of south Florida. Please send questions or comments about the Diatom Image Database to Franco Tobias .

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Map of south Florida Loxahatchee (LOX) WCA 2A WCA 3A Biscayne Bay Shark River Slough (SRS) Taylor Slough (TS) Florida Bay Everglades National Park (ENP) Everglades National Park (ENP)

Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA 2A) Species List




Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA 2A)

Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA 2A)


Achnanthes

Amicula

Amphipleura

Amphora

Anomoeoneis

Aulacoseira

Bacillaria

Brachysira

Caloneis

Caponea

Cocconeis

Craticula

Cymbella

Diadesmis

Diploneis

Epithemia

Eunotia

Fragilaria

Gomphonema

Hantzschia

Lemnicola

Luticola

Mastogloia

Navicella

Navicula

Neidium

Nitzschia

Opephora

Pauliella

Pinnularia

Planothidium

Pleurosigma

Rhopalodia

Sellaphora

Staurosira

Stephanodiscus

Thalassiosira


Number of species = 135