Temporarily Closed
During the final phase of the Hellems Building reconstruction project, the CU Museum will be closed for reorganization. We will reopen on the first day of Spring Semester, January 8, 2026. 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