Description |
xii, 469 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. Applications and uses of diatoms: prologue Eugene F. Stoermer and John P. Smol -- Part II. Diatoms as Indicators of Environmental Change in Flowing Waters and Lakes: 2. Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms R. Jan Stevenson and Yangdong Pan -- 3. Diatoms as indicators of hydrologic climatic change in saline lakes S. C. Fritz, B. F. Cumming, F. Gasse and K. R. Laird -- 4. Diatoms as mediators of biogeochemical silica depletion in the Laurentian Great Lakes Claire L. Schelske -- 5. Diatoms as indicators of surface water acidity Richard W. Battarbee, Donald F. Charles, Sushil S. Dixit and Ingemar Renberg -- 6. Diatoms as indicators of lake eutrophication Roland I. Hall and John P. Smol -- 7. Continental diatoms as indicators of long-term environmental change J. Platt Bradbury -- 8. Diatoms as indicators of water-level change in freshwater lakes Julie A. Wolin and Hamish C. Duthie -- Part III. Diatoms as Indicators in Extreme Environments: 9. Diatoms as indicators of environmental change near Arctic alpine treeline Andre -- F. Lotter, Reinhard Pienitz and Roland Schmidt -- 10. Freshwater diatoms as indicators of environmental change in the high Arctic Marianne S. V. Douglas and John P. Smol -- 11. Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in Antarctic freshwaters S. A. Spaulding and D. M. McKnight -- 12. Diatoms of aerial habitats Jeffery R. Johansen -- Part IV. Diatoms as Indicators in Marine Estuarine Environments: 13. Diatoms as indicators of coastal paleoenvironments relative to sea-level change Luc Denys and Hein de Wolf -- 14. Diatoms and environmental change in brackish waters Pauli Snoeijs -- 15. Applied diatom studies in estuaries and shallow coastal environments Michael J. Sullivan -- 16. Estuarine paleoenvironmental reconstructions using diatoms Sherri Rumer Cooper -- 17. Diatoms and marine paleoceanography Constance Sancetta -- Part V. Other Applications: 18. Diatoms and archaeology Steve Juggins and Nigel Cameron -- 19. Diatoms in oil gas exploration William N. Krebs -- 20. Forensic science diatoms A. J. Peabody -- 21. Toxic harmful marine diatoms Greta A. Fryxell and Maria Ce;lia Villac -- 22. Diatoms as markers of atmospheric transport Margaret A. Harper -- 23. Diatomite David M. Harwood -- Part VI. Conclusions: Epilogue Eugene F. Stoermer and John P. Smol -- Glossary -- Index |
Summary |
"Diatoms are microscopic algae which are found in virtually every habitat where water is present. This volume is an up-to-date summary of the expanding field of their uses in environmental and earth sciences. Their abundance and wide distribution, and their well-preserved, glass-like walls make them ideal tools for a wide range of applications as both fossils and living organisms. The major emphasis is on their use in analyzing ecological problems such as climate change, acidification and eutrophication. This book should be read by environmental scientists, phycologists, limnologists, ecologists and paleoecologists, oceanographers, archeologists and forensic scientists."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
Subject |
Diatoms -- Ecology.
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Diatoms.
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Groundwater flow.
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Plant indicators.
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Porous materials -- Fluid dynamics.
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Stochastic processes.
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Author |
Smol, J. P. (John P.)
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Stoermer, Eugene F., 1934-
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ebrary, Inc.
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LC no. |
98029506 |
ISBN |
0521004128 |
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0521582814 (hardbound) |
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