Foreword
Mark Hildebrand ............................................ vii
Diatoms: General Introduction
Joseph Seckbach and J. Patrick Kociolek ..................... xi
List of Authors and Their Addresses ............................ xv
Acknowledgments ............................................... xxi
Collecting, Cleaning, Mounting, and Photographing Diatoms
Stephen S. Nagy .............................................. 1
PART I: TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS AND PHYLOGENY
Morphology, Cell Wall, Cytology, Ultrastructure and
Morphogenese Studies
Cox E.J. .................................................... 21
An Overview of Diatom Classification with Some Prospects for
the Future
Williams D.M. and Kociolek J.P. ............................. 47
A Review of the Evolution of the Diatoms from the Origin of
the Lineage to Their Populations
Mediin L.K. ................................................. 93
Status of the Pursuit of the Diatom Phylogeny: Are
Traditional Views and New Molecular Paradigms Really That
Different?
Theriot E.C. et al. ........................................ 119
PART 2: DIATOM BIOLOGY
Size and Sex
Mann D.G. .................................................. 145
Classical Breeding in Diatoms: Scientific Background and
Practical Perspectives
Chepurnov V.A. et al. ...................................... 167
Epizoic and Epiphytic Diatoms
Tiffany M.A. ............................................... 195
Diatom Viruses
Tomaru Y. and Nagasaki K. .................................. 211
Benthic Diatoms in Biofilm Culture
Congestri R. and Albertano P. .............................. 227
Possible Buckling Phenomena in Diatom Morphogenesis
Gordon R. and Tiffany M.A. ................................. 245
Diatom Frustules: Physical, Optical, and Biotechnological
Applications
Townley H.E. ............................................... 273
PART 3: FRESHWATER ECOLOGY
The Importance of Scale in Understanding the Natural History
of Diatom Communities
Lowe R.L. .................................................. 293
Patterns of Diatom Distribution in Relation to Salinity
Potapova M. ................................................ 313
Diatoms from Hot Springs from Kuril and Sakhalin Islands
(Far East, Russia)
Nikulina T.V. and Kociolek J.P. ............................ 333
Living on the pH Edge: Diatom Assemblages of Low-pH Lakes in
Western Pomerania (NW Poland)
Witkowski A. et al. ........................................ 365
The Diatom Algae of Lake Kinneret, Israel
Yehoshua, Y. and Alster A. ................................. 385
Rheophile Apennine Diatoms and Their Use as Bioindicators
of Water Quality
Dell'Uomo A. and Torrisi M. ............................... 401
PART 4: MARINE ECOLOGY
Ecophysiological Performance of Benthic Diatoms from Arctic
Waters
Schlie C. et al. ........................................... 421
Diatoms as Endosymbionts
Lee J.J. ................................................... 437
Marine Planktonic Diatoms, Including Potentially Toxic
Species
Villac M.C. and Kaczmarska I. .............................. 465
Toxic Diatom Pseudo-nitzschia and Its Primary Consumers
(Vectors)
Bargu S. et al. ............................................ 491
PART 5: SUMMARY
Summary
Seckbach J. and Kociolek J.P. .............................. 515
Organism Index ................................................ 519
Subject Index ................................................. 529
Author Index .................................................. 533
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