Brackish (Saline) Diatom Species (IMAGE)

Queen's University

Brackish (Saline) Diatom Species

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Increases in the Navicula salinarum species at the time of the storm surge show that the lake went from a fresh to a saline-water system. (Highly magnified image: more than 3,000 would fit on the head of a pin.)

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Joshua Thienpont, Queen's University

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