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Economic and ecological benefits from sustainable use of the Aral Sea Artemia resources

Microscopic images of Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from the Aral Sea

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• Nitzschia
  • (A) Monoclonal culture
  • (B) Reproductive stage (auxospore)
• Surirella
  • (C) Siliceous part of cell wall, the frustule: light microscopy
  • (D) scanning electron microscope

(provided by Victor Chepurnov, Ghent University - Dept. Biology - Laboratory of Protistology & Aquatic Ecology, Belgium)