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California Academy of Sciences Diatom Collection - http://www.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/
An extensive resource on diatom taxonomy, primarily focused on recent freshwater diatoms of the United States.

Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life - Diatoms - http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cblife/algae/diatom/index.html
Fact sheets on the diatom genera and species found in Maryland in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Cohn Lab Center For Diatom Research - http://condor.depaul.edu/~diatom
Dedicated to expanding research and general knowledge of diatoms, includes basic introductions about diatoms, and information about the laboratory and the research undertaken.

Diatom Display - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/diatom/index.html
Small photograph gallery of these organisms.

Diatomées des Eaux Douces - http://www.diatomloir.eu/Diatodouces/Index.html
Photographs and descriptions of fresh water diatoms and fossil diatoms. French and English.

Diatoms in a Different Light - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep00/roldiatdf5.html
Article by Roland Mortimer on these organisms, with a small image gallery of different freshwater species.

Farlow Diatoms - http://zutto.huh.harvard.edu/diatom/
Information on this collection of about 30,000 microscope slides and field specimens which have been collected by diatomists and botanists.

Great Lakes Diatoms - http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/GreatLakesDiatomHomePage/top.html
Collection of images, classified by morphology and by genus.

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.html - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.html
Article by Wim van Egmond introducing these delicate unicellular organisms that have yellow-brown chloroplasts that enables them to photosynthesize, with fine photographs.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/diatom.html - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/diatom.html
Information on these ubiquitous organisms including their fossil record, classification, biology and life cycle with a number of images of individual species.

Introduction to Bacillariophyta (the Diatoms) - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/bacillariophyta.html
Information about the fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics, and morphology.

Major Groups of Diatom - http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/GreatLakesDiatomHomePage/groups/majorgroups.html
Provides a facility for identifying diatoms based on their major morphological characteristics.

The Diatoms of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct06/dr-diatoms2.html
Photographic study by David B. Richman of the diatoms living in lakes in this high-gypsum environment.

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