“…Although floristic diatom surveys have been carried out in Brazil (e.g. Ferrari & Ludwig, 2007;Cavalcante et al, 2014;Silva et al, 2016), they are greatly concentrated in the South and Southeast regions of the country (e.g. Moura & Bittencourt-Oliveira, 2004;Bertolli et al, 2010;Faria et al, 2010;Souza-Mosimann et al, 2011;Bes et al, 2012;Bartozek et al, 2013;Nardelli et al, 2014;Marra et al, 2016).…”