In the current definition provided by the U.S. Consequently, to protect the integrity of research, the scientific community takes strong action against perceived scientific misconduct. Skilled editorial staff can spot such manipulations using features in the imaging software, so manipulation is also a risky proposition. Many such manipulations, however, constitute inappropriate changes to your original data, and making such changes can be classified as scientific misconduct. It is now very simple, and thus tempting, to adjust or modify digital image files. In the days before imaging software became so widely available, making adjustments to image data in the darkroom required considerable effort and/or expertise. While there are species in common with the much more extensively studied Sphagnum habitats in central and western Europe, Australia has its own distinctive desmid floral elements.It's all so easy with Photoshop 1. This study also highlights that the desmid community found amongst Sphagnum in Australia is highly diverse (β SOR = 0.82) and can differ markedly among the four assessed sites due to spatial turnover (β RATIO = 0.15). In contrast, Ebor Common scored lower due to less diversity and few regionally endemic species. Basket Swamp received a relatively high score based on greater species richness and numerous endemics present. The floristic composition of desmids at Basket Swamp and Ebor Common, were compared to assess their conservation value based on an existing and modified scheme better suited to desmids from Australia. Two novel species of desmid, Micrasterias bicoronata A.Kenins and Cosmarium phymatodeum A.Kenins, are described.

Descriptions and figures for 80 taxa are presented herein, nine of which are newly recorded for Australia, and a further seven are newly recorded for New South Wales. from terrestrial and aquatic habitats were investigated in the New England Tableland Bioregion.

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