Assertion: diatom | /r/HasProperty | popular
Facets:
value: for monitoring environmental conditions
type: PURPOSE
value: with microscopists
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Diatoms have been studied since the late eighteenth century, however the first real advances in the field came in the early nineteenth century when diatoms were popular with microscopists utilising the emerging improvements in microscope resolution.
text: Diatoms are a popular tool for monitoring environmental conditions, past and present, and are commonly used in studies of water quality.