Diatom
                This diatom is from a water sample collected from the
                  Metolius River in Oregon.
              
              
                Transmitted Apofocal Illumination
                
Definition/Function:
                Significance in the Environment:
                Characteristic Features:
                Associated Particles:
                References:
                Prescott, G. W., HOW TO KNOW THE FRESHWATER ALGAE, Wm. C. Brown Company,
                1970
                Vinyard, William C., DIATOMS OF NORTH AMERICA, Mad River Press, Inc., 1979, (ISBN
                0-916-422-15-1)
                Round, F.E., R. M. Crawford, D.G. Mann, THE DIATOMS:BIOLOGY & MORPHOLOGY OF THE GENERA,
                Cambridge University Press, pp.
                148-9, 1990. (ISBN 978-0-521-71469-3)
                Stoermer, Eugene F. and John P. Smol (eds), THE DIATOMS:APPLICATIONS FOR THE
                ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES, Cambridge
                University Press, 2001 (ISBN 0521004128)