Stan, just a short note to let you (and your wife of course!) know that I really appreciate what the two of you are doing with the Wolle book. Really looking...
David, Glad the book arrived so swiftly -- I'm amazed! I've been continuing to look at your photos, and would like to suggest some possible ID's. First, the...
Yes, I thought those three were Coscinodiscus. Thanks for the other IDs. I still am not sure how to separate Trinacria from Triceratium! Mac had labeled the...
David, Thanks for the link to the Mexican paper: very interesting, and I plan to read all of it (downloaded it to my collection of "digital diatom papers")....
Dick, I was wrong about one thing, at least some freshwater and brackish water species are included in the Mexican paper. I also added an "i" to Autonoma-...
But I like the language, even if I'm really bad at it. If I was a better linguist I'd like to have both Spanish and German, but I don't exactly have the...
I have corrected some of the captions in my photo album, based on comments by Dick Carter and Robert McLaughlin. These are now more accurately determined!...
David, Not to be too nitpicky, I hope, but I still think Raymond's idea about your Briggera photo is much better than mine: Briggera capitata (Greville) Ross...
I am now learning to use my Motic 2206 camera, a 2.0 megapixel dedicated camera for photomicrography. I have mentioned it here before, I think, particularly...
Dick and Raymond, I think you are right- I should have altered that! It is corrected now. Thanks also to Raymond! David Richman ... about your Briggera...
Hello Dick, I have a Motic 1000 camera and have been thinking of upgrading. How much did you have to spend for the 2206? After you use it a while I would...
of diatoms from one strew slide made by Jim Solliday of fossil material from Palos Verdes, California. All taken at 200X magnification with Nikon Coolpix 995...
David, centric diatom 2 is Mastoglia spendida (Gregory) Cleve, I think. For "centric diatom" my guess would be Coscinodiscus pacificus Rattray. Your...
David, Agree totally with Raymond on the Mastogloia, a common species in the Miocene of the Pacific coast. For centric diatom 3 I think you have Coscinodiscus...
Daniel, I've looked all over, and can't find any of the paperwork for my Motic purchases. They're here somewhere (the story of my life)......! In short, I...
I put up three more photos of Coscinodiscus for us to argue about, ha ha! The first is a portrait of C. evermanni Hanna and Grant, from the type locality:...
You sure do have a point on C pacificus/radiatus. Although the photos of C. pacificus in Wornardt do not show much of a rosette or tipped areolae, the central...
I think Dick is correct- I should have looked at the database! I have altered the label to fit the new determination. David Richman ... photos of C. pacificus...
I put up a couple more photos from Maria Madre Island: Coscinodiscus hertleini Hanna and Grant, Coscinodiscus masoni Hanna and Grant, and Endictya robustus...
hello Dick, Thanks for sharing! I already have your photos stored in a Maria Madre diatoms folder for future reference. It should be fun comparing your images...
Raymond, I have identified almost all of the species in the Hanna & Grant publication from my four samples of Maria Madre material, plus a couple of others...
I'm planning to order some Oamaru diatom strews from Klaus Kemp, but discovered that his prices are up to $10 a slide (its been a while since I ordered from...
David, here you can find brief comments on the quality of some of these deposits: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/oamaru I am only familiar with Forrester's...
Hello David, Dick & Raymond, I was looking for some diatom SEM pics in my archives and stumbled over an interesting paper re general diatom evolution. I...
David, I have samples from Klaus of Forresters and Allans Farm material. Forresters sample #388R is one of my favorite strew slides, and there are over 30...
Keith, thanks a lot for posting the link to the evolution paper! I had seen some earlier work in this area, but had not seen this new paper. I've saved a...
Keith, I am also grateful for your link. I printed the paper and will make a copy for Robert McLaughlin. I'm sure that he will find it fascinating. I just...
