The diatoms: applications for the environmental and earth sciences

"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 analyzing 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 archeology. 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 1000 detailed entries, which will help non-specialists to use the book effectively"--

Includes index.

Applications and uses of diatoms : prologue / John P. Smol, Eugene F. Sotermer -- The diatoms : a primer / Matthew L. Julius, Edward C. Theriot -- Numerical methods for the analysis of diatom assemblage data / H. John B. Birks -- Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms / R. Jan Stevenson, Yangdong Pan, Herman van Dam -- Diatoms as indicators of long-term environmental change in rivers, fluvial lakes, and impoundments / Euan D. Reavie, Mark B. Edlund -- Diatoms as indicators of surface-water acidity / Richard W. Battarbee [and others] -- Diatoms as indicators of lake eutrophication / Roland I. Hall, John P. Smol -- Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in shallow lakes / Helen Bennion [and others] -- Diatoms as indicators of water-level change in freshwater lakes / Julie A. Wolin, Jeffery R. Stone -- Diatoms as indicators of hydrologic and climatic change in saline lakes / Sheri C. Fritz [and others] -- Diatoms in ancient lakes / Anson W. Mackay, Mark B. Edlund, Galina Khursevich -- Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in subarctic and alpine regions / Andre F. Lotter, Reinhard Pienitz, Roland Schmidt -- Freshwater diatoms as indicator…