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Bacillariophyta—the diatoms

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10 µm<br />

Melosira<br />

•a colonial (filamentous)form<br />

•valve surfaces joined end to<br />

end<br />

In the phytoplankton of lakes in the spring, but sink rapidly into the hypolimnion during the summer<br />

months, Some species grow attached to rocks in streams

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