TY - BOOK ID - 80820374 TI - The diatoms AU - Smol, J P AU - Stoermer, Eugene F PY - 2010 SN - 9780511763175 9780521509961 9780511909658 0511909659 0511763174 9780511906855 0511906854 9781316087213 1316087212 0521509963 0511851065 9780511851063 1282797700 9781282797703 9786612797705 6612797703 0511908881 9780511908880 0511905572 9780511905575 0511908148 9780511908149 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Diatoms. KW - Diatoms KW - Plant indicators. KW - Indicator plants KW - Indicators (Biology) KW - Plant ecophysiology KW - Biogeochemical prospecting KW - Geobotanical prospecting KW - Bacillariophyceae KW - Bacillariophyta KW - Diatomales KW - Diatomophyceae KW - Algae KW - Phytoplankton KW - Ecology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80820374 AB - This much revised and expanded edition provides a valuable and detailed summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications in the environmental and earth sciences. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of diatoms in analysing ecological problems related to climate change, acidification, eutrophication, and other pollution issues. The chapters are divided into sections for easy reference, with separate sections covering indicators in different aquatic environments. A final section explores diatom use in other fields of study such as forensics, oil and gas exploration, nanotechnology, and archaeology. Sixteen new chapters have been added since the first edition, including introductory chapters on diatom biology and the numerical approaches used by diatomists. The extensive glossary has also been expanded and now includes over 1,000 detailed entries, which will help non-specialists to use the book effectively. ER -