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Available image analysis tools are useful aids to some common tasks necessary for diatom identification. In particular, availability of this technology allows easier and more certain enumeration of closely spaced and difficult to resolve striae. Dimensional information may also be easily and accurately measured and recorded.
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Stoermer, E.F. A simple, but useful, application of image analysis. J Paleolimnol 15, 111–113 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176994
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