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Some Taxonomic and Ecological Considerations of Morphological Variation within Natural Populations of Benthic Diatoms Considérations taxonomiques et écologiques sur les variations morphologiques de diatomées benthiques en populations naturelles

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Cox,  Eileen J.
Limnological River Station Schlitz, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Cox, E. J. (1986). Some Taxonomic and Ecological Considerations of Morphological Variation within Natural Populations of Benthic Diatoms Considérations taxonomiques et écologiques sur les variations morphologiques de diatomées benthiques en populations naturelles. 8th Diatom-Symposium Paris 1984. Morphological Variation in Benthic Diatoms, 163-172.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000F-CAF6-5
Abstract
Deviation from typical valve outline has been used as a criterion for the erection of varieties of many naviculoid species, with or without consideration of the sizes of the observed valves. Yet valve outline is a feature which can change during succeeding generations of vegetatively dividing diatoms, smaller cells not necessarily being geometrically identical to larger ones. If a gradual change in shape occurs with reduction in cell size in nature a seasonal succession of morphological types is possible, while sampling frequency may determine whether or not these are recognised as stages in a continuum or as discrete entities.