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Diatoms
Biology and Morphology of the Genera

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Authors:
F. E. Round
R. M. Crawford
D. G. Mann

Date Published: December 2007
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521714693

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Illustrated descriptions of over 250 genera of diatoms are presented for the first time in this wide-ranging volume. The introduction describes the diatom cell in detail, the structure of the wall (often extremely beautiful designs), the cell contents and aspects of life cycle and cell division. The generic atlas section is the first account of diatom systematics since 1928, and each generic description is accompanied by scanning electron micrographs to show the characteristic structure.
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"...impressive in heft, magnificent in its production, encyclopedic in its coverage and elegant in its illustrations." Nature
"...fills an enormous gap in our knowledge of the taxonomy of an environmentally significant group of autotrophic protists...The book is filled with picture perfect photomicrographics made through light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, as well as finely executed illustrations." American Scientist
"...an excellent reference on an important group of aquatic organisms." Journal of the North American Benthological Society
"An impressive encyclopedic treatise by three British experts on the biology and morphology of the diatoms....This outstanding volume, the first to summarize the genera of diatoms in more than 60 years, will be worth its weight in gold to professionals and graduate students...." Choice
"The book is magnificent and is needed." L. M. Van Valen, Evolutionary Theory & Review
"...the most important book on the subject to come off of the presses in a long time....a must for every serious diatom worker." Robert B. McLaughlin, Microscope
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521714693
- length: 760 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 189 x 38 mm
- weight: 1.33kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Biology of Diatoms:
1. Preamble
2. The diatom cell
3. Collecting and studying diatoms
4. Culturing
5. Silicon: occurrence, uptake and deposition
6. Cell symmetry
7. Life form
8. Valve structure
9. Complementarity and heterovalvy
10. Portules
11. Ocelli, pseudocelli and pseudonoduli
12. Raphe
13. Girdle bands (copulae)
14. Internal valves
15. Resting stages and resting spores
16. The organic casing
17. The protoplast: plastids, mitchondria, dictyosomes, nucleus, vacuole
18. The cell cycle
19. Vegetative multiplication and cell size reduction
20. Sexual reproduction
21. Oogamy
22. Physiological anisogamy and isogamy
23. Automixis and parthenogenesis
24. Auxospore development
25. Motility
26. Ecology
27. Palaeoecology
28. Concepts in diatom systematics
29. Evolution and phylogeny
30. Fossils
31. Accounts of genera - preliminary notes
32. Summary of classification
Part II. Generic Atlas:
33. Centric genera
34. Araphid genera
35. Raphid genera
Appendix I: new taxa
Appendix II: list of recently described genera
Appendix III: index nominum genericorum
References
Taxonomic index
Subject index.
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Authors
F. E. Round
R. M. Crawford
D. G. Mann