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25 March, 2011
Information for new contributors
As the online taxonomic and ecological resource grows, we are seeking new contributors to submit taxon pages. This project depends on the involvement of many people working on the diverse diatom flora of streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes, springs, soils and estuaries of the country. We hope, eventually, to include the thousands, or tens of... Read More >
News Stories
16 January, 2013
50th Anniversary of the Diatom Clinic
The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the diatom course at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. In 1963, Dr. Gene Stoermer started an informal gathering, a "Diatom Clinic", as forum for people interested in diatoms to gather and learn from one another. After Gene initiated the course, Dr. Charlie Reimer taught for many years, with Gene returning to... Read More >
02 December, 2012
2013 North American Diatom Symposium, 13-17 August
The 22nd North American Diatom Symposium will be held from 13-17 August 2013 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. The campus is located on the ocean, adjacent to Acadia National Park. International participants will present work on all aspects of diatom investigations including biodiversity, evolution, ecology, systematics,... Read More >
25 October, 2012
Why so slow?
The loading of some pages is SO slow! Users of the Diatoms of the United States website are likely frustrated by the slow loading of the GENERA and SPECIES pages. While we are adding lots of great content to the site this year, the time to load the GENERA and SPECIES pages has ground to nearly a halt. We have planned upgrades to the database that... Read More >
25 September, 2012
U.S. Geological Survey BioData
The USGS BioData database provides access to data on algae, including diatoms, from regional and national surveys. For example, users can construct a query to retrieve, say, records of Epithemia sorex from Colorado. Or, users might retrieve records of the genus Epithemia from a number of states across the country. The data returned shows sample... Read More >
25 September, 2012
Conference on Didymosphenia geminata
The International Didymo Conference will be held March 12-13, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island. The meeting hosted by the Invasive Species Action Network and Northeast Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species, with the goal of bringing natural resource managers, researchers, conservationists, fishing clubs and others together for the state of the science... Read More >
18 February, 2012
Eugene F. Stoermer (1934-2012)
Eugene F. Stoermer Ph.D., professor, scholar, advisor, mentor, friend. He was all of these and more. The great lakes of world were his special concern. Eminent in his field and respected by his colleagues, he guided 24 students in his lab in their graduate programs and served on numerous other dissertation committees. He is the author of over... Read More >
31 January, 2012
Summer Field Course on Diatoms
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course, May 21 - June 15, 2012
An intensive, field-oriented class for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-graduate workers in ecology, geology, environmental sciences, and diatom taxonomy will again be offered. Students will explore diverse aquatic habitats and fossil deposits of the... Read More >
12 December, 2011
Winter Taxonomic Camp
Potapova, Lowe, Spaulding, Manoylov, Hamilton, Edlund, Beals and Furey joined together for an intensive work session at Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) in December 2011.
"Winter Taxonomic Camp" in Philadephia might sound dubious to some, but diatomists seem to thrive on intensive sessions of dedication to taxonomy, in any... Read More >
01 March, 2011
2011 North American Diatom Symposium, 14-18 September
The 21st North American Diatom Symposium (NADS) will be held from 14-18 September 2011 at Flathead Lake Biological Station near Polson, Montana. Join international participants to present work on all aspects of diatom investigations including climate, biodiversity, evolution, ecology, systematics, biological assessment, and nanotechnology. This... Read More >
22 December, 2010
Intensive Work Session
Potapova, Charles, Lowe, Rushforth, Spaulding, Manoylov, Hamilton, and Morales (remotely) participated in an intensive work session in early December 2010.
The project of creating accurate and complete taxon review pages for the list of the 350 most common taxa from NAWQA samples is well underway. An invitation was extended to contributors,... Read More >
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