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Gomphonema gracile

Gomphonema gracile

Gomphonema gracile


Authority:
Ehrenberg
Year:
1838
References:
Podzorski A.C. (1985): "An illustrated and annotatet chack-list of diatoms from the Black River Waterways, St. Elizabet, Jamaica", p.53, Pl.20, fig.13; Patric R. & Ch.W. Reimer (1966):"The diatoms of the United States", Vol.2, p.131; Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. (1997): "Susswaserflora von Mitteleuropa", Vol.1, pg.361, 362, Fig.156:1-11, Fig.154:26,27;
Synonyms:
Gomphonema lanceolatum (Ehrenberg 1841), Gomphonema grunowii (Patrik 1975)
Ecological Preference:
Fresh-Brackish
Meso-eutrophic
Description:
Valves show wide range of morphologies; resembles G. parvulum in valve shape and in the character of its pores
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project
  • Dosing Project
  • Transect Project


  • Sample localities:
  • Water Conservation Area 3A (WCA 3A)