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  1. Each with its own idiosyncrasy: a morphological analysis of Pseudostaurosiropsis (Bacillariophyceae) reveals a new species from southern Brazil

    Article • Diatom Research, January 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  2. Two new Amphora species from European rivers compared to morphologically similar species of the Amphora copulata complex (Catenulaceae, Bacillariophyceae)

    Article • Botany Letters, December 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  3. Chamaepinnularia mirim sp. nov., a new rare diatom (Bacillariophyta) from coastal lakes of southern Brazil

    Article • Phytotaxa, November 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  4. Encyonema coloniense sp. nov. (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyta), a fossil species from South American Pleistocene sediments

    Article • Botany Letters, November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  5. A new Punctastriata species (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyceae) from a nineteenth century sample collected by Charles-Henri Delogne

    Article • Phytotaxa, November 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  6. A revision of the Fragilaria pectinalis-complex in Europe (Bacillariophyceae, Fragilariaceae) with the description of a new species

    Article • Phytotaxa, October 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  7. A new diatom (Bacillariophyta) found in a historic Hustedt sample from Java, description of Humidophila vandevijveri sp. nov.

    Article • Phytotaxa, October 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  8. Observations on the type specimens of Synedra hamata W.Sm. and its transfer to the genus Tabularia (Ulnariaceae, Bacillariophyceae)

    Article • Diatom Research, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  9. Long-term effects of the herbicide glyphosate and its main metabolite (aminomethylphosphonic acid) on the growth, chlorophyll a and morphology of freshwater benthic diatoms

    Article • Heliyon, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  10. On the identity of the diatom Mayamaea spirans (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot (Bacillariophyta, Sellaphorinae, Pinnulariaceae)

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  11. Mayamaea sardiniensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new species from a thermo-mineral spring in Sardinia, Italy

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  12. Successional patterns of diatom communities in a restored thermo-mineral spring: a fifteen-month study in the Massif Central, France

    Article • Botany Letters, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  13. Planothidium minuanum sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species fromsouthern Brazilian coastal lakes

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2024, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  14. Insights into Nitzschia amphibia Grunow (Bacillariophyta, Bacillariaceae): Lectotypification and a comparative study with N. amphibioides Hustedt and N. semirobusta Lange-Bertalot

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2024, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  15. Nanofrustulum fogedii sp. nov., a new araphid diatom (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyta) from Spitsbergen (Svalbard archipelago)

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2024, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  16. A note on the two species of Ulnaria (Bacillariophyta) first described in the Erbario Crittogamico Italiano (1858–1885)

    Article • Diatom Research, October 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  17. A new Pseudostaurosira species (Bacillariophyta, Staurosiraceae) from lowland rivers and lakes in Europe (Atlantic Biogeographic Region)

    Article • Phytotaxa, August 2024, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  18. The relationships of Eunotogramma frauenfeldii (Bacillariophyta) I. An account of its structure and description of the new genus Moralesonia

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, July 2024, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  19. Diatom metacommunity processes in thermo-mineral springs in the Auvergne Region, France

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  20. Improvement of the knowledge of diatom ecology by coupling geochemistry, radioactivity and taxa inventory in thermo-mineral springs of a volcanic and upland area in south-central France, the Massif Central

    Article • Botany Letters, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  21. Adlafia kociolekii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): a new naviculoid diatom from the Eastern Himalayas, India

    Article • Phytotaxa, May 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  22. Diatom DNA metabarcoding to assess the effect of natural radioactivity in mineral springs on ASV of benthic diatom communities

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  23. Composition, structure, and distribution of diatom assemblages in Mediterranean thermal spring ecotones affected by natural and human disturbances

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  24. Planothidium africanum sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from Tanzania

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  25. Biodiversity and Environmental Factors Structuring Diatom Assemblages of Mineral Saline Springs in the French Massif Central

    Article • Diversity, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  26. Taxonomy and ecology of Achnanthidium (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from southeastern Brazil with the description of six new species

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  27. Fragilaria radians (Kützing) D.M.Williams et Round, the correct name for F. gracilis (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta): a critical analysis of this species complex in Europe

    Article • Fottea, October 2022, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  28. Metabarcoding as an effective complement of microscopic studies in revealing the composition of the diatom community – a case study of an oxbow lake of Tisza River (Hungary) with the description of a new Mayamaea species

    Article • Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, October 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  29. A new Fragilaria Lyngbye species (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) from a historic Grunow sample from the Attersee, Austria

    Article • Phytotaxa, September 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  30. Typification and morphology of Staurosirella lapponica (Grunow) D.M.Williams & Round and Staurosirella pinnata var. intercedens (Grunow) P.B.Hamilton (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyta)

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, August 2022, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  31. Psammothidium elnatanianum sp. nov. (Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyta) a new diatom species found in Holocene sediments (Meghalayan Age) of the Xingu River, Eastern Amazon

    Article • Botany Letters, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  32. Revision of the needle-shaped Fragilaria species (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) in the Laurentian Great Lakes (United States of America, Canada)

    Article • Journal of Great Lakes Research, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  33. Fragilaria odeloucaensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Fragilariaceae) a diatom from temporary streams in southern Portugal

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  34. A Standardized Morpho-Functional Classification of the Planet’s Humipedons

    Article • Soil Systems, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Pr Jean-François Ponge, Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Augusto Zanella

  35. Fontina Gen. nov. (Bacillariophyta): a new diatom genus from a thermo-mineral spring of the French Massif Central (France)

    Article • Diatom Research, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  36. A New Nitzschia Hassall Species (Bacillariaceae, Bacillariophyta) from Saline Ponds in Serbia

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, April 2022, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  37. Gomphosphenia vallei (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from a stream in the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Vallée de Chaudefour”, Massif Central (France)

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  38. Analysis of the Fragilaria rumpens complex (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) with the description of two new species

    Article • Fottea, April 2022, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  39. Chamaepinnularia salina (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from French mineral springs (Massif Central)

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  40. Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia, Italy

    Article • Freshwater Science, March 2022, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  41. The substrate, a key factor or not, to explain the species diversity of diatom communities in mineral springs

    Article • Botany Letters, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  42. New and poorly known “araphid” diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from regions near Lake Titicaca, South America and a discussion on the continued use of morphological characters in “araphid” diatom taxonomy

    Article • PhytoKeys, December 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  43. A review of Tabellaria species from freshwater environments in Europe

    Article • Fottea, October 2021, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  44. Analysis of some species resembling Fragilaria capucina (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta)

    Article • Fottea, October 2021, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  45. Revision of European Brachysira species (Brachysiraceae, Bacillariophyta): III. Species formerly included in the Brachysira serians-complex

    Article • Botany Letters, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  46. Revision of European Brachysira species (Brachysiraceae, Bacillariophyta): I. The Brachysira microcephala - B. neoexilis enigma

    Article • Botany Letters, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  47. Revision of European Brachysira species (Brachysiraceae, Bacillariophyta): II. The Brachysira styriaca and B. zellensis group

    Article • Botany Letters, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  48. Pseudostaurosira crateri sp. nov. (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta), a new small araphid, fossil diatom species from the Pleistocene (Atlantic Forest, Brazil)

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  49. Sellaphora pelagonica (Bacillariophyceae), a new species from dystrophic ponds in the Republic of North Macedonia

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  50. Fragilaria subrecapitellata (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from Switzerland

    Article • Diatom Research, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  51. Planothidium scrobiculatum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new monoraphid diatom from freshwater Pleistocene deposits of South America

    Article • Fottea, April 2021, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  52. Planothidium marganaiensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new cavum-bearing species from a karst spring in south-western Sardinia (Italy) 

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  53. Looking back, looking forward: a review of the new literature on diatom teratological forms (2010–2020)

    Article • Hydrobiologia, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  54. Autecology of terrestrial diatoms under anthropic disturbance and across climate zones

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  55. Staurosirella paranaensis sp. nov., a new epiphytic freshwater diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from the Paraná River floodplain, Brazil, South America

    Article • Phytotaxa, January 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  56. Three new needle-shaped Fragilaria species from Central America and the Tibetan Plateau

    Article • Phytotaxa, January 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  57. Analysis of type material of Opephora pacifica and emendation of the genus Opephora (Bacillariophyta)

    Article • Botanica Marina, January 2021, De Gruyter

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  58. A new Planothidium species (Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae) from Xingu Ria, Amazon River basin, Brazil

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  59. A polyphasic approach to the study of the genusNitzschia(Bacillariophyta): three new planktonic species from the Adriatic Sea

    Article • Journal of Phycology, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  60. Cocconeis intermedia Peragallo & Héribaud (Bacillariophyta): new information on morphology, distribution and ecology of a poorly known diatom species

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, November 2020, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  61. Technical note: A time-integrated sediment trap to sample diatoms for hydrological tracing

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, October 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  62. Achnanthes Bory Sensu Stricto (Bacillariophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with Description of Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov.

    Article • Diversity, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  63. Temporal Evolution of Diatoms in a Temporary Pond Situated in the Massif du Sancy Mountains (Massif Central, France) and Description of a New Pinnularia Species

    Article • Diversity, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  64. A re-description of Fragilaria fonticola Hustedt and its varieties, with three new combinations and one new species from India

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  65. Temporal and spatial variability of terrestrial diatoms at the catchment scale: controls on productivity and comparison with other soil algae

    Article • PeerJ, June 2020, PeerJ

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  66. Two new Punctastriata (Bacillariophyta) species from subalpine French lakes

    Article • Botany Letters, May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  67. Gomphonema frequentiformis (Metzeltin & Krammer) comb. nov. (Bacillariophyta): ecology and taxonomy of a Neotropical diatom

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  68. Brackish diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from rivers of Rhin-Meuse basin in France

    Article • Botany Letters, March 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  69. Envekadea vranaensis sp. nov. a new diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from the lacustrine Holocene sediments of Lake Vrana, Croatia

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, March 2020, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  70. Temporal and spatial variability of terrestrial diatoms at the catchment scale: controls on communities

    Article • PeerJ, January 2020, PeerJ

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  71. Introduction : From diatom species identification to ecological and biotechnological applications

    Article • Botany Letters, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  72. The effect of natural radioactivity on diatom communities in mineral springs

    Article • Botany Letters, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  73. Nitzschia transtagensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from a spring in Southern Portugal

    Article • Botany Letters, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  74. Mediterranean karst springs: diatom biodiversity hotspots under the pressure of hydrological fluctuation and nutrient enrichment

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  75. Description of a new Pseudostaurosira based on “Fragilaria virescens f. parva” from Erbario Crittogamico Italiano

    Article • Botany Letters, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  76. Investigations of the type materials of Achnanthes parallela J.R.Carter and Achnanthes petersenii Hustedt (Bacillariophyceae) with comments on the genus Rossithidium Round & Bukhtiyarova

    Article • Botany Letters, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  77. Freshwater Cocconeis species (Bacillariophyceae) from Southeastern Brazil, and description of C. amerieuglypta sp. nov.

    Article • Botany Letters, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  78. Diversity, ecology and distribution of benthic diatoms in thermo-mineral springs in Auvergne (France) and Sardinia (Italy)

    Article • PeerJ, July 2019, PeerJ

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  79. Analysis of the type material of Achnanthes minutissima var. macrocephala (Bacillariophyta) and description of two new small capitate Achnanthidium species from Europe and the Himalaya

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  80. Morphological reconsideration of the araphid genus Pseudostaurosira (Bacillariophyceae), a revision of Gedaniella, Popovskayella and Serratifera, and a description of a new Nanofrustulum species

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  81. On the identity of Navicula gottlandica (Bacillariophyta), with the description of two new species Navicula eileencoxiana and Navicula bergstromiana from the Australo-Pacific region

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  82. On the identity of the rare Fragilaria subconstricta (Fragilariaceae), with Fragilaria species forming ribbon-like colonies shortly reconsidered

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  83. Chamaepinnularia thermophila (Bacillariophyceae): synonymy with Navicula tongatensis Hustedt and update of its geographic distribution and ecology

    Article • Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, June 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  84. Ending a 175-year taxonomic uncertainty: Description of Staurosirella neopinnata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) to accommodate Fragilaria pinnata, a highly misconstrued taxon with a purported worldwide distribution

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2019, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  85. Craticula widouensis, a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species of a Sahelian temporary pond (North Senegal)

    Article • Botany Letters, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  86. On some common and new cavum-bearing Planothidium (Bacillariophyta) species from freshwater

    Article • Fottea, April 2019, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  87. Cocconeis rouxii Héribaud & Brun a forgotten, but common benthic diatom species from the Massif Central, France

    Article • Botany Letters, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  88. Two sub-Antarctic and Northern Europe distributed diatom species found in a middle-mountain lake in France

    Article • Botany Letters, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  89. Achnanthidium neotropicum sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom from Lake Apastepeque in El Salvador (Central America)

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  90. Diatom assemblages (Bacillariophyta) in six tropical reservoirs from southeast Brazil: species composition and spatial and temporal variation patterns

    Article • Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, November 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  91. Analysis of the type material of Planothidium delicatulum (Bacillariophyta) with the description of two new Planothidium species from the sub-Antarctic Region

    Article • Fottea, November 2018, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  92. Unexpected consequences of bombing. Community level response of epiphytic diatoms to environmental stress in a saline bomb crater pond area

    Article • PLOS One, October 2018, PLOS

    gabo varbiro, Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  93. Periphytic diatoms of the Mediterranean karst spring Sa Vena (Su Gologone system, Sardinia, Italy): relationships with environmental variables and effects of an extreme flash flood

    Article • Inland Waters, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  94. Sellaphora gologonica sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Sellaphoraceae), a new diatom species from a Mediterranean karst spring (Sardinia, Italy)

    Article • Phytotaxa, June 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  95. Diatom assemblages from different substrates of the Casteldoria thermo-mineral spring (Northern Sardinia, Italy)

    Article • Botany Letters, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Epilthic diatom samples and water quality of the Su Gologone karst spring, central_eastern Sardinia (Italy) Lai L Giuseppina Grazia, Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  96. Pseudostaurosira bardii (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta), a new species from a saline hydrothermal spring of the Massif Central (France)

    Article • Botany Letters, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  97. Examination of original material for Navicula nigri De Notaris with some notes on the Erbario Crittogamico Italiano (1858–1885)

    Article • Diatom Research, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  98. Burliganiellagen. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Eunotiales): Another Case of Raphe Reduction Based on the Type Material ofFragilaria sioliiHustedt

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, May 2018, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  99. DNA metabarcoding and microscopic analyses of sea turtles biofilms: Complementary to understand turtle behavior

    Article • PLOS One, April 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  100. Sellaphora davoutiana sp. nov.: a new freshwater diatom species (Sellaphoraceae, Bacillariophyta) in lakes of Northeastern France

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  101. Eunotia amazonica sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a common stalk-forming species from the Rio Negro basin (Brazilian Amazon)

    Article • European Journal of Phycology, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  102. Correction to: A standard method for the routine sampling of terrestrial diatom communities for soil quality assessment

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  103. A standard method for the routine sampling of terrestrial diatom communities for soil quality assessment

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  104. Type analysis of Achnanthidium minutissimum and A. catenatum and description of A. tropicocatenatum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a common species in Brazilian reservoirs

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, November 2017, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  105. Morphology and distribution of Encyonema angustecapitatum Krammer species complex (Bacillariophyceae) with description of four new species from São Paulo, southeast Brazil

    Article • Fottea, September 2017, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  106. New species and combinations on Fragilariforma (Bacillariophyta) from tropical freshwater environments

    Article • Fottea, September 2017, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  107. Terrestrial diatoms as tracers in catchment hydrology: a review

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  108. Sellaphora tropicomadida sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from a tropical Brazilian reservoir

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Botany, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  109. Nitzschia austriaca Hustedt: a characteristic diatom of Hungarian inland saline waters including a morphological comparison with the type material

    Article • Phytotaxa, June 2017, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  110. Pseudopodosira boltovskoyi sp. nov. (Pseudopodosiraceae, Bacillariophyta) from coastal waters of Argentina

    Article • Phycologia, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  111. New combinations and typification of Neotropical Cosmioneis species (Cosmioneidaceae)

    Article • Diatom Research, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  112. On the potential for terrestrial diatom communities and diatom indices to identify anthropic disturbance in soils

    Article • Ecological Indicators, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  113. Eunotia enigmatica sp. nov., a new planktonic diatom from Brazil and the transfer of Fragilaria braunii Hustedt to the genus Peronia (Bacillariophyceae)

    Article • Fottea, March 2017, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  114. Biogeography and morphology of a poorly known Sellaphora species

    Article • Fottea, February 2017, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  115. A New Psammothidium Species (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from Cimera Lake (Gredos Mountain Range), Central Spain

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, February 2017, BioOne

    Dr Sergi Pla-Rabes, Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  116. Encyonema bonapartei sp. nov.: a new freshwater diatom species (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae) in canals of Great East region (France)

    Article • Phytotaxa, November 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  117. Morphology and distribution of Brevilinea kevei sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom from Europe

    Article • Phytotaxa, November 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  118. Study of the type material of Navicula egregia Hustedt and descriptions of two new aerial Microcostatus (Bacillariophyta) species from Central Europe

    Article • Phytotaxa, October 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  119. Taxonomy and ecology of Fragilaria billingsii sp. nov. and analysis of type material of Synedra rumpens var. fusa (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) from Brazil

    Article • Phytotaxa, August 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  120. Two new Platessa (Bacillariophyceae) from Amazonia: Platessa guianensis spec. nov., and P. itoupensis spec. nov.

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  121. Replacement names for botanical taxa involving algal genera

    Article • Phytotaxa, June 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  122. Sellaphora labernardierei (Sellaphoraceae, Bacillariophyta), a new epilithic species from French spring and four new combinations within the genus Sellaphora

    Article • Phytotaxa, May 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  123. On the identity of Chamaepinnularia thermophila comb. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from a Neotropical thermal spring

    Article • Phytotaxa, May 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  124. FreshwaterMastogloia(Bacillariophyceae) taxa from Macedonia, with a description of the epizoicM. sterijovskiisp. nov.

    Article • Diatom Research, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  125. Encyonema aquasedis sp. nov. and Kurtkrammeria salesopolensis sp. nov.: two new freshwater diatom species (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae) from an oligotrophic reservoir in southeastern Brazil

    Article • Phytotaxa, February 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  126. Two new diatoms in the genus Fragilaria Lyngbye (Fragilariophyceae) from tropical reservoirs in Brazil and comparison with type material of F. tenera

    Article • Phytotaxa, February 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  127. Epilithic diatom assemblages and environmental quality of the Su Gologone karst spring (centraleastern Sardinia, Italy)

    Article • Acta Botanica Croatica, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Epilthic diatom samples and water quality of the Su Gologone karst spring, central_eastern Sardinia (Italy) Lai L Giuseppina Grazia, Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  128. Pinnularia caprichosa sp. nov.: a diatom from a black water Brazilian Amazon system

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2015, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  129. Diatom percolation through soils: a proof of concept laboratory experiment

    Article • Ecohydrology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  130. Morphology, typification and critical analysis of some ecologically important small naviculoid species (Bacillariophyta)

    Article • Fottea, October 2015, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  131. Diatoms as a tracer of hydrological connectivity: are they supply limited?

    Article • Ecohydrology, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  132. A tracer to bridge the scales: on the value of diatoms for tracing fast flow path connectivity from headwaters to meso-scale catchments

    Article • Hydrological Processes, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  133. Morphological studies on type material of widely cited araphid diatoms (Bacillariophyta)

    Article • Phycologia, September 2015, International Phycological Society

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  134. Type analysis of Cymbella schubartii and two new Encyonopsis species (Bacillariophyceae) from southeastern Brazil

    Article • Phytotaxa, August 2015, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  135. Taxonomy and Ecology of Fragilaria microvaucheriae sp. nov. and Comparison with the Type Materials of F. uliginosa and F. vaucheriae

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, August 2015, BioOne

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  136. Staurosirella acidophila sp. nov., a New Araphid Diatom (Bacillariophyta) from Southeastern Brazil: Ultrastructure, Distribution and Autecology

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, August 2015, BioOne

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  137. Discovery of Living Populations of a Purported Fossil Diatom: Aulacoseira scalaris from Two Lakes in the Vosges Mountains (France)

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, August 2015, BioOne

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  138. Hydrological connectivity inferred from diatom transport through the riparian-stream system

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, July 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  139. On the geographical distribution and ecology of Pseudostaurosira cataractarum (Bacillariophyceae): new findings in the Palearctic and Neotropic ecozones

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Botany, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  140. (25) Request for a binding decision on whether Geisleria Nitschke (Ascomycota: Strigulaceae) and Geissleria Lange-Bert. & Metzeltin (Bacillariophyceae: Naviculaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused

    Article • Taxon, June 2015, International Association for Plant Taxonomy

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  141. Development of the Trophic Water Quality Index (TWQI) for subtropical temperate Brazilian lotic systems

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  142. Nupela troglophila sp. nov., an aerophilous diatom (Bacillariophyta) from the Bossea cave (NW Italy), with notes on its ecology

    Article • Fottea, April 2015, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Elena Piano

  143. Influence of thermal regime and land use on benthic invertebrate communities inhabiting headwater streams exposed to contrasted shading

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  144. Examination of aerial diatom flushing across watersheds in Luxembourg, Oregon and Slovakia for tracing episodic hydrological connectivity

    Article • Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  145. Planothidium lagerheimii comb. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthales) a forgotten diatom from South America

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  146. Type analysis of the South American diatom Achnanthes haynaldii (Bacillariophyta) and description of Planothidium amphibium sp. nov., from aerial and aquatic environments in Oregon (USA)

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, November 2014, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  147. Planothidium comperei sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from Ivory Coast

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, November 2014, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  148. Actinellopsis murphyi gen. et spec. nov.: A new small celled freshwater diatom (Bacillariophyta, Eunotiales) from Zambia

    Article • Phytotaxa, September 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  149. Diatom flora in subterranean ecosystems: a review

    Article • International Journal of Speleology, September 2014, University of South Florida Libraries

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Dr. Marco ISAIA

  150. Current taxonomic studies on the diatom flora (Bacillariophyceae) of the Bolivian Altiplano, South America, with possible consequences for palaeoecological assessments

    Article • Journal of Micropalaeontology, August 2014, Geological Society

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  151. A new uncommon epilithic Eunotia (Bacillariophyceae, Eunotiaceae) from the Chapada Diamantina region, Northeast Brazil

    Article • Phytotaxa, April 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  152. Transfer of Fragilaria atomus Hust. to the genus Stauroforma (Bacillariophyta) based on observation of type and newly collected material

    Article • Phytotaxa, January 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  153. Stenopterobia cataractarum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new benthic diatom from a waterfall in Zambia, Africa

    Article • Phytotaxa, January 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  154. Taxonomy, distribution and autecology of Planothidium bagualensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) a common monoraphid species from southern Brazilian rivers

    Article • Phytotaxa, January 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  155. New epiphytic araphid diatoms in the genusUlnaria(Bacillariophyta) from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

    Article • Diatom Research, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  156. Fragilariforma javanicacomb. nov.: analysis of type material of a widely reported species with a tropical distribution

    Article • Diatom Research, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  157. Planothidium incuriatum sp. nov. a widely distributed diatom species (Bacillariophyta) and type analysis of Planothidium biporomum

    Article • Phytotaxa, October 2013, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  158. Transfer of Staurosira grunowii to Staurosirella

    Article • Diatom Research, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  159. Unraveling the Identity of Fragilaria pinnata Ehrenberg and Staurosira pinnata Ehrenberg: Research in Progress on a Convoluted Story

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, May 2013, BioOne

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  160. New Species and Combinations in the Genus Geissleria (Bacillariophyceae)

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, May 2013, BioOne

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  161. New Combinations and Type Analysis ofChamaepinnulariaSpecies (Bacillariophyceae) from Aerial Habitats

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, May 2013, BioOne

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  162. Morphology and identity of some ecologically important smallNitzschiaspecies

    Article • Diatom Research, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  163. Distance Decay of Similarity in Neotropical Diatom Communities

    Article • PLOS One, September 2012, PLOS

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  164. Tursiocola podocnemicolasp. nov., a new epizoic freshwater diatom species from the Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

    Article • Diatom Research, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  165. Two new periphyticEunotiaspecies from the neotropical Amazonian ‘black waters’, with a type analysis ofE. braunii

    Article • Diatom Research, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  166. Encyonema exuberans sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from southern Brazilian lotic systems

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, February 2011, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  167. Analysis of the type of Fragilaria construens var. subsalina (Bacillariophyceae) and description of two morphologically related taxa from Europe and the United States

    Article • Phycologia, January 2011, International Phycological Society

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  168. Colonial planktonic Eunotia (Bacillariophyceae) from Brazilian Amazon: Taxonomy and biogeographical considerations on the E. asterionelloides species complex

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, August 2010, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel

  169. PERINOTIA DIAMANTINASP. NOV., A NEW DIATOM SPECIES FROM THE CHAPADA DIAMANTINA, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

    Article • Diatom Research, May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco