Diatoms A web-based skills aquisition tool for GEO301 This site aims to facilitate the aquisition of diatom identification skills that are required for the practical elements of module GEO301, which investigates the eutrophication history of Crag Lough, Northumbria.
Diatoms are probably the most useful palaeolimnological indicator.
I suggest you visit the pages in numerical order, but use the glossary at any stage. 1 Parts of a diatom An introduction to the terminology used to describe diatoms. Glossary 4 Description of important taxa in Crag Lough with photographs and basic ecological information. An introduction to the major diatom groups. Find out here.