The Diatoms
Applications for the Enviromental and Earth Sciences
Eugene F. Stoermer, John P. Smol
470 pages, parution le 16/10/2001
Résumé
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 as environmental indicators,
for oil exploration, and for forensic examination. The
major emphasis is on their use in analysing 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
palaeoecologists, oceanographers, archaeologists and
forensic scientists.
Contents
Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Applications and uses of diatoms: prologue Eugene F. Stoermer and John P. Smol
- 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.
- 9. Diatoms as indicators of environmental change near Arctic alpine treeline André 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.
- 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
- 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 Célia Villac
- 22. Diatoms as markers of atmospheric transport Margaret A. Harper
- 23. Diatomite David M. Harwood
- Epilogue Eugene F. Stoermer and John P. Smol
- Glossary
- Index.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Cambridge University Press |
| Auteur(s) | Eugene F. Stoermer, John P. Smol |
| Parution | 16/10/2001 |
| Nb. de pages | 470 |
| Format | 17,5 x 24,5 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 934g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780521004121 |
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