Collection
The Croatian National Diatom Collection is a collection of permanent microscopic specimens of diatoms collected on the territory of Croatia, and as such the first institutional collection of diatom algae in Croatia.
Currently, we have type material for 16 described species in our Collection and two species are waiting to be described. Below, we have mentioned 11 described species from Croatia, which is an especially valuable part of our Collection.
Collections like these offer an invaluable abundance of information on biological research and offer insight into diversity of diatoms taxonomy, the biodiversity of a certain area, variety distribution and changes in time and space, which all together enable effective protection of the natural and water systems of Croatia.
Diatoms of the Krka River
The project “Diatoms of the Krka River, from the source to the estuary”, in combination with the exceptionally rich body of work on the classification of new species of diatoms done by the researchers from the Division of Botany of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, gave birth to the idea of the Croatian National Diatom Collection. The collection is located at the Division of Botany of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology and it represents a continuous scientific work of fresh and marine water diatomologists of this division. It currently contains approximately 1,000 microscopic specimens, which are awaiting imminent systematization. New specimens are continually added to the collection.