Diatom research and species identification has historically been well established in Central Africa but most commonly large bodies of standing water have been studied. In Rwanda, diatom research has not been well developed until recently. Currently, there is more research interest on using diatoms as indicators of water quality. Diatom taxonomy has undergone considerable changes during the last 3 decades with many new diatom genera being described.
Diatoms - CoEB Natural History Museum. Occurrence dataset (ID: 32bb2c02-939e-447c-9021-41d0fdfb5b61) accessed via the Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen Portal, rwandabiodiversity.net, 2024-09-07).