The Diatom World
Diatoms are fascinating algae, whose relevance today is greater than perhaps ever before. They are important players in a wide range of ecosystems, freshwater, brackish and marine. They are also being investigated as a source of renewable biofuels.&
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Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology Volume 19
Series Editor: Joseph Seckbach The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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The Diatom World
Edited by
Joseph Seckbach The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and
J. Patrick Kociolek University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Editors Joseph Seckbach The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Home address: P.O. Box 1132 90435 Efrat Israel [email protected]
J. Patrick Kociolek Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 USA [email protected]
ISSN 1566-0400 ISBN 978-94-007-1326-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-1327-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1327-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011932495 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Table of Contents
Foreword/Mark Hildebrand..............................................................
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Diatoms: General Introduction/Joseph Seckbach and J. Patrick Kociolek.....................................................................
xi
List of Authors and Their Addresses................................................
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Acknowledgments.............................................................................
xxi
Collecting, Cleaning, Mounting, and Photographing Diatoms Stephen S. Nagy.........................................................................
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Part 1: Taxonomy, Systematics and Phylogeny Morphology, Cell Wall, Cytology, Ultrastructure and Morphogenetic Studies [Cox, E.J.]...................................... An Overview of Diatom Classification with Some Prospects for the Future [Williams, D.M. and Kociolek, J.P.]...................... A Review of the Evolution of the Diatoms from the Origin of the Lineage to Their Populations [Medlin, L.K.].................... Status of the Pursuit of the Diatom Phylogeny: Are Traditional Views and New Molecular Paradigms Really That Different? [Theriot, E.C. et al.]...........................................
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Part 2: Diatom Biology Size and Sex [Mann, D.G.]................................................................. Classical Breeding in Diatoms: Scientific Background and Practical Perspectives [Chepurnov, V.A. et al.]...................... Epizoic and Epiphytic Diatoms [Tiffany, M.A.]................................ Diatom Viruses [Tomaru, Y. and Nagasaki, K.]................................. Benthic Diatoms in Biofilm Culture [Conge
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