Monday, December 8, 2008

Unidentified Diatom

A common diatom. I haven't been able to identify yet. I've seen a lot of these.


I would say that it is either a Coscinodiscus dividing or a Melosira....

Nice work,

Allison
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Allison Sill, JHT Inc. Contractor
Program Coordinator
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
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