Call number:
M 99.0204
;
AWI Bio-99-0155
Description / Table of Contents:
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. Examples of their wide range of applications include use as environmental indicators, for oil exploration, and for forensic examination. The major emphasis is on their use in analyzing ecological problems such as climate change, acidification and eutrophication. The contributors to the volume are leading researchers in their fields and are brought together for the first time to give a timely synopsis of a dynamic and important area. This book should be read by environmental scientists, phycologists, limnologists, ecologists and paleoecologists, oceanographers, archeologists and forensic scientists.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
xii, 469 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
0521582814
URL:
https://external.dandelon.com/download/attachments/dandelon/ids/DE006F46E5B8669F829F4C1257AC9003C2ECB.pdf
Classification:
Paleontology
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Preface
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 and climatic change in saline lakes / SHERILYN C. FRITZ, BRIAN F. CUMMING, FRANQOISE GASSE, AND KATHLEEN 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 and 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 enviromental change in antarctic freshwaters / SARAH A. SPAULDING AND DIANE M. MCKNIGHT
12 Diatoms of aerial habitats / JEFFREY R. JOHANSEN
Part IV Diatoms as indicators in marine and estuarine environments
13 Diatoms as indicators of coastal paleoenvironments and relative 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 paleoenyironmental reconstructions using diatoms / SHERRI R. COOPER
17 Diatoms and marine paleoceanography / CONSTANCE SANCETTA
PartV Other applications
18 Diatoms and archeology / STEVEN JUGGINS AND NIGEL CAMERON
19 Diatoms in oil and gas exploration / WILLIAM N. KREBS
20 Forensic science and diatoms / ANTHONY J. PEABODY
21 Toxic and harmful marine diatoms / GRETA A. FRYXELL AND MARIA C. VILLAC
22 Diatoms as markers of atmospheric transport / MARGARET A. HARPER
23 Diatomite / DAVID M. HARWOOD
Part VI Conclusions
24 Epilogue: a view to the future / EUGENE F. STOERMER AND JOHN P. SMOL
Glossary, and acronyms
Index
Location:
Upper compact magazine
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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