TY -JOUR AU -Yu-Fa Wang AU -Jiunn-Tzong Wu TI -Diatoms of the Mystery Lake, Taiwan PY -2005 DA -0000-00-00 JO -Taiwania VL -50 IS -1 SP -40 EP -56 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/446 AB -This study described 23 species of diatoms, belonging to five families and seven genera found in the Mystery Lake, a slightly acidic lake, located within a hardwood nature preserve in northeastern Taiwan. Of the species described, seven are new record to Taiwan. They are: Cymbella cuspidata, Cymbella mongolica, Encyonema gracile, Gomphonema augur var. turris, Gomphonema clavatum, Brachysira steindorfiana, Luticola mutica f. intermedia. Brachysira is a new genus to Taiwan. The fine structures of each species are described on the basis of observations under the scanning electron microscope. DO -10.6165/tai.2005.50(1).40