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Werner, D.1977. The Biology of Diatoms. Blackwell Scientific Publications, London.
Stoermer, E, F. Smol, J, P.1999.The Diatoms, Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Garrison, T,1999. Oceanography, An Invitation to Marine Science. Wadsworth Publishing Company,Belmont, California
links to other diatom sites
http://www.indiana.edu/~diatom/diatom.html
http://www.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/main.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/bacillarophyta.html
http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/greatlakesdiatomhomepage/top.html