Table of Contents

Foreword; - Opening.- Collecting, Cleaning, Mounting and Photographing Diatoms.- PART 1: TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS AND PHYLOGENY.- Morphology: Cell Wall, Cytology, Ultrastructural And Morphogenetic Studies.- An Overview Of Diatom Classification With Some Prospects For The Future.- A Review of the Evolution of The Diatoms From the Origin of the Lineage to Their Populations.- Status of the Pursuit of the Diatom Phylogeny: Are Traditional Views and New Molecular Paradigms Really that Different?.- PART 2: DIATOM BIOLOGY.- Size and Sex.- Classical Breeding in Diatoms: Scientific Background And Practical Perspectives.- Epizoic And Epiphytic Diatoms.-Diatom Viruses.- Diatom Biofilms.- Possible Buckling Phenomena In Diatom Morphogenisis.- Diatom Frustules: Physical, Optical, and Biotechnological Applications.- PART 3: FRESHWATER ECOLOGY.- Importance of Scale in Understanding the Natural History Of Diatom Communities.- Patterns of Diatom Distribution In Relation to Salinity.- Diatoms From Hot Springs From Kuril And Sakhalin Islands (Far East, Russia).- Living On the pH Edge: Diatom Assemblages of Low pH Lakes In Western Pomerania (NW Poland).- The Diatom Algae of Lake Kinneret, Israel.- Rheophile Apennine Diatoms and Their Use as Bioindicators Of Water Quality.- PART 4: MARINE ECOLOGY.- Ecophysiological Performance of Benthic Diatoms from Arctic Waters.- Diatoms as Endosymbionts.- Marine Planktonic Diatoms, Including Potentially Toxic Species.- Toxic Diatom Pseudo-Nitzschia And Its Primary Consumers (Vectors).- PART 5: SUMMARY.- Summary.-

Reviews

From the reviews: "This book describes the properties of diatoms, or with a more appropriate expression the diatom world. ... this book provides a great insight into the diatom world. Interestingly, this book contains not only reviews but the authors, own results. It is well illustrated with graphs and photos that bring closer to us not only the diatoms but the researchers as well. This book can be recommended to everyone interested in these algae and in this field of science." (M. Duleba, Acta Botanica Hungarica, Vol. 54 (1-2), 2012)