The CU Museum is closed until January 8, 2026.
During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more information.
Resources
Journals
General Resources
Algae
- Desmid website
- AlgaeBase website - information on taxonomy of all algae
- The Phytoplankton Image Library
- The International Research Group on Charophytes with information on living and fossil charophytes
- Jeremy Pickett-Heaps' web site for Cytographics with information on algal videos, preparation of live cells, etc
- Algal Images (especially diatoms) from Rex Lowe's lab (Bowling Green University)
- Great Lakes Diatom Home Page
- Smithsonian Institution Algae Web page with information on algae in general, recent publications, how to preserve algae and herbarium collections