Terrestrial diatoms as tracers in catchment hydrology: a review

L Pfister, CE Wetzel, J Klaus… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are remarkable organisms. They are present in almost all habitats containing water
(eg, lakes, streams, soils, bark) and rank among the most common algal groups in both …

Influences of pesticides, nutrients, and local environmental variables on phytoplankton communities in lentic small water bodies in a German lowland agricultural area

L Wijewardene, N Wu, Y Qu, K Guo, B Messyasz… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agrochemicals such as pesticides and nutrients are concurrent chemical stressors in
freshwater aquatic ecosystems surrounded by agricultural areas. Lentic small water bodies …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic variability in a high mountain lake in Sierra Nevada (Spain): Insights from diatom analysis

J Llodrà-Llabrés, G Jiménez-Moreno… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the Holocene history of Río Seco Lake (3040 m asl; Sierra Nevada,
Southern Spain) by analysing diatom remains and other paleoenvironmental data. The aim …

A worldwide listing and biogeography of freshwater diatom genera: a phylogenetic perspective

JP Kociolek - Diatom research, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A listing of the accepted freshwater diatom genera worldwide is presented, indicating the
distribution of the genera by continent. Out of a total of 249 genera, 63 (25%) of those …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental filtering and limiting similarity as main forces driving diatom community structure in Mediterranean and continental temporary and perennial …

G Várbíró, G Borics, MH Novais, MM Morais… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climatic extreme events such as droughts (unpredictable), dry periods (predictable) or even
flush floods, threaten freshwater ecosystems worldwide. The filtering mechanisms of these …

Usefulness of synthetic datasets for diatom automatic detection using a deep-learning approach

A Venkataramanan, P Faure-Giovagnoli… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Benthic diatoms are unicellular microalgae that are routinely used as bioindicators for
monitoring the ecological status of freshwater. Their identification using light microscopy is a …

If Alpine streams run dry: the drought memory of benthic communities

E Piano, A Doretto, E Falasco, S Fenoglio, L Gruppuso… - Aquatic Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Several mountain streams are currently changing from perennial to temporary regimes due
to increasing water abstraction and global climate change with expected detrimental effects …

Riverine phytoplankton shifting along a lentic-lotic continuum under hydrological, physiochemical conditions and species dispersal

Y Qu, N Wu, B Guse, N Fohrer - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The importance of phytoplankton-based bio-assessment has been recently recognized in
lowland rivers which are affected by multi-environmental factors. However, some basic …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the herbicides metazachlor and flufenacet on phytoplankton communities–A microcosm assay

L Wijewardene, N Wu, G Hörmann, B Messyasz… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agrochemicals are the main pollutants in freshwater ecosystems. Metazachlor and
flufenacet are two common herbicides applied in fall (ie, August–October) to agricultural …

Phytoplankton morpho-functional trait dataset from French water-bodies

C Laplace-Treyture, J Derot, E Prévost, A Le Mat… - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
In lake ecosystems, phytoplankton communities can be studied by adopting taxonomic-
based approaches. However, these approaches suffer from identification issues and are …