A common set of names is important for maximizing taxonomic
consistency among analysts and comparability among datasets.
Academy phycologists and collaborators, with support from
the USGS, US EPA, and several state agencies, have developed
and maintained a set of taxa names for use in agency sponsored
projects and elsewhere. The current set of names (2011) has evolved
from initial sets over the past 15-20 years. Many phycologists
at several institutions have contributed to expanding and
updating this set of names. Much of this work was supported by the
USGS and documented in USGS NAWQA Workshop reports.
The first set of names, or “taxonomic systems”, was developed in 1994. Names have been updated about every 3 years, typically as part of USGS NAWQA Taxonomic workshops.
Recent sets of names are provided and described below. More...
2011 and 2007: The viewable sets of names contain
full taxon name, short name (8 characters or less) and
NADED ID1.
Clicking on a name links to a set of information derived
from the ANSP databases, including images in the ANSP
Algae Image Database, and links to the Calacad
Catalogue of Diatom Names and the
Diatoms of the United States
webpages. The downloadable file includes many fields: NADED ID,
short name, taxa names and authorities, concept reference
(publication, plate and figures), taxonomic hierarchy (division
through family), components of names (genus through form and
authority), and categories of names for undescribed taxa (see below).
2004 and 2001: The viewable sets of names contain
full taxon name, short name (8 characters or less) and
NADED ID1.
The downloadable file contains these
same three variables plus fields for individual components
of names (e.g., genus, variety), and higher taxonomic levels
and (e.g., division).