Diatoms: fundamentals and applications
Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the contributions of amateurs and the beauty of diatoms, to details of how their shells are made, how they bend light to their advantage and ours, and major aspects of their biochemistry (photosynthesis and iron metabolism). The book then delves into the ecology of diatoms living in a wide range of habitats, and looks at those few that can kill or harm us. The book concludes with a wide range of applications of diatoms, in fore…
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- Full title :Diatoms : fundamentals and applications / edited by Joseph Seckbach and Richard Gordon.
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Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the contributions of amateurs and the beauty of diatoms, to details of how their shells are made, how they bend light to their advantage and ours, and major aspects of their biochemistry (photosynthesis and iron metabolism). The book then delves into the ecology of diatoms living in a wide range of habitats, and looks at those few that can kill or harm us. The book concludes with a wide range of applications of diatoms, in forensics, manufacturing, medicine, biofuel and agriculture. The contributors are leading international experts on diatoms. This book is written to both act as an introduction to diatoms and to present some of the most advanced research on them.
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- Publication Date:©2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Scrivener Publishing, Wiley
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiv, 663 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 27 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781119370215, 1119370213
- oclc:on1083673357
- LC Classification:QK569.D54
- Dewey Decimal:579.8/5
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