Desmids

• Desmids, introduction
• Collecting Desmids
• Desmid eaters
• Fungal parasites
• The process of sexual reproduction
• The process of asexual reproduction
• Shedding of the primary cell wall
• Mucilaginous cell envelope
• Giants and Dwarfs
• Desmid lookalikes
• Triradiate Cosmaria
• Literature
• Links
• News
• Alphabetic list of Desmid species of the month
  
  
• Distribution and Ecology of Desmids of the Skogvoll mire reserve
  (Andøya, Nordland, Norway)

Dutch investigations

• map Micrasterias americana
• excursions (in Dutch):
  • Oisterwijk fens, june 14 2001
  • Vecht-peat-district june 13 2002
    
• participants
• Contact

Desmids
( Desmidiaceae )

in the Netherlands

Desmid of the month
Nederlands		Desmids of the Lowlands Peter Coesel & Koos Meesters
Detailed guide to desmid algae