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    Overview: Antecedents, Motivation and Necessity

    This chapter introduces the antecedents, motivation, and necessity of the use of automatic identification methods in diatom taxonomy. Expert biologists have a repetitive and laborious identification mission. T...

    Gabriel Cristóbal, Saúl Blanco, Gloria Bueno in Modern Trends in Diatom Identification (2020)

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    Diatom Taxonomy and Identification Keys

    Correct identification of diatom taxa is indispensable for diatom-based water quality studies, as well as for biotechnological applications. Biological applications of taxonomy include the identification of ta...

    Saúl Blanco in Modern Trends in Diatom Identification (2020)

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    Water Quality Assessment

    Diatom metrics methods are becoming important tools for the assessment of environmental conditions in aquatic systems. Diatoms have several advantages as bioindicators: their ubiquitous distribution across wor...

    A. Goldenberg-Vilar, R. Álvarez-Troncoso… in Modern Trends in Diatom Identification (2020)

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    Naturally and Environmentally Driven Variations in Diatom Morphology: Implications for Diatom-Based Assessment of Water Quality

    Diatom identification must consider the large variability in both morphological and morphometric features, characteristic of this group of microorganisms. This chapter describes variations in shape/size observ...

    Adriana Olenici, Călin Baciu, Saúl Blanco… in Modern Trends in Diatom Identification (2020)