Taxonomy, systematics, and valve ultrastructure  of the Rhopalodiales (Bacillariophyta: Bacillariophyceae) taxa from Swan Lake, Oregon,  and a checklist of the group in the USA

Kociolek, John P.; Greenwood, Megan; Chang, Aimee Caye G.; Hamsher, Sarah E.; Miller, Scott R.; Li, Jingchun

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Taxonomy, systematics, and valve ultrastructure of the Rhopalodiales (Bacillariophyta: Bacillariophyceae) taxa from Swan Lake, Oregon, and a checklist of the group in the USA

John P. Kociolek, Megan Greenwood, Aimee Caye G. Chang, Sarah E. Hamsher, Scott R. Miller, and Jingchun Li

John P. Kociolek

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

patrick.kociolek@colorado.edu

Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Megan Greenwood

Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Aimee Caye G. Chang

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4211-3930

Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Sarah E. Hamsher

Department of Biology and Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University, Allendale and Muskegon, MI, USA

Scott R. Miller

Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA

Jingchun Li

Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

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