Occupying virtually every water-containing environment, essential to marine food chains, and implicated in the spread of toxic blooms, diatoms—algae with a siliceous cell wall—are of intense practical ...

ABSTRACT: The last 2 decades have seen much controversy concerning the negative impacts that consumption of diatoms may have upon copepods. Because diatoms have traditionally been considered a major ...

New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae, thought to be asexual does reproduce sexually, and scientists learned it's a common compound -- ammonium -- that puts the ubiquitous ...

ABSTRACT: Various studies during the past 8 yr have revealed that numerous species of diatoms, especially at bloom concentrations, can negatively affect the viability of eggs and the condition of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Single-celled algae known as diatoms, long thought to reproduce asexually, were recently found to ...

Scientists have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans -- its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into an element that's used for ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae, thought to be asexual does reproduce sexually, and scientists learned it's a common compound - ammonium - that puts the ...