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PEARLPaleoecologicalEnvironmentalAssessment andResearchLaboratory |
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PEARLPaleoecologicalEnvironmentalAssessment andResearchLaboratory |
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2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
September 2010
ISBN: 9780521509961
686 pages
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The Textbook
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.
Features
• Comprehensive coverage provides a one-stop
shop for information on diatom applications
• Significantly revised and expanded since the first edition, with sixteen new chapters • Extensive glossary allows even non-specialists to use the book effectively The EditorsJohn P. Smol, FRSC is a professor in the Department of Biology at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada), with a cross-appointment at the School of Environmental Studies. He is also co-director of the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), and holds the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change. Professor Smol is the founding editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology (1987-2007), editor of the journal Environmental Reviews, and the Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research book series. He has authored over 420 journal papers and book chapters, and has completed 18 books. Since 1990, he has won over 30 research awards and fellowships (including the 2004 NSERC Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, as Canada’s top scientist or engineer), as well as seven teaching awards. Eugene F. Stoermer is a past-President of the Phycological Society of America and the International Association for Diatom Research. He has worked at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA) since 1965, where he is currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, and directed the so-called “Phyto – Lab”, which undertook a wide variety of research topics, specializing in diatom systematics and ecology. He previously served as Editor of the journal Diatom Research (1985-1990), as well as on the editorial boards of a number of other journals. Stoermer has authored over 250 refereed publications, and was the lead editor on the first edition of this book. His research awards include the Darbaker Prize from the Botanical Society of America, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Great Lakes Research, and the Excellence Award from the Phycological Society of America. The ContentsPreface Part I Introduction 1 Applications and uses of diatoms: Prologue John P. Smol and Eugene F. Stoermer 2 The diatoms: A primer. Matthew L. Julius and Edward C. Theriot 3 Numerical methods for the analysis of diatom assemblage data. H. John B. Birks Part II Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in flowing waters and lakes 4 Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms. R. Jan Stevenson, Yangdong Pan, and Herman van Dam 5 Diatoms as indicators of long-term environmental change in rivers, fluvial lakes and impoundments. Euan D. Reavie and Mark B. Edlund 6 Diatoms as indicators of surface-water acidity.Richard W. Battarbee, Donald F. Charles, Christian Bigler, Brian F. Cumming and Ingemar Renberg
7 Diatoms as
indicators of lake eutrophication. 8 Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in shallow lakes. Helen Bennion, Carl D. Sayer, John Tibby and Hunter J. Carrick 9 Diatoms as indicators of water-level change in freshwater lakes. Julie A. Wolin and Jeffery R. Stone 10 Diatoms as indicators of hydrologic and climatic change in saline lakes. Sheri C. Fritz, Brian F. Cumming, Françoise Gasse and Kathleen R. Laird 11 Diatoms in ancient lakes. Anson W. Mackay, Mark B. Edlund and Galina Khursevich Part III Diatoms as indicators in Arctic, Antarctic and alpine lacustrine environments 12 Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in subarctic and alpine regions. André F. Lotter, Reinhard Pienitz and Roland Schmidt 13 Freshwater diatoms as indicators of environmental change in the High Arctic. Marianne S.V. Douglas and John P. Smol 14 Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in Antarctic and subantarctic freshwaters. Sarah A. Spaulding, Bart Van de Vijver, Dominic A Hodgson, Diane M. McKnight, Elie Verleyen and Lee Stanish Part IV Diatoms as indicators in marine and estuarine environments 15 Diatoms and environmental change in large brackish-water ecosystems. Pauline Snoeijs and Kaarina Weckström 16 Applied diatom studies in estuaries and shallow coastal environments. Rosa Trobajo and Michael J. Sullivan 17 Estuarine paleoenvironmental reconstructions using diatoms. Sherri Cooper, Evelyn Gaiser and Anna Wachnicka 18 Diatoms on coral reefs and in tropical marine lakes. Christopher S. Lobban and Richard W. Jordan 19 Diatoms as indicators of former sea levels, earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes. Benjamin P. Horton and Yuki Sawai 20 Marine diatoms as indicators of modern changes in oceanographic conditions. Oscar E. Romero and Leanne K. Armand 21 Holocene marine diatom records of environmental change. Amy Leventer, Xavier Crosta and Jennifer Pike 22 Diatoms as indicators of paleoceanographic events. Richard W. Jordan and Catherine E. Stickley 23 Reconsidering the meaning of biogenic silica accumulation rates in the glacial Southern Ocean. Christina L. De La Rocha, Olivier Ragueneau and Aude Leynaert Part V Other applications 24 Diatoms of aerial habitats. Jeffrey R. Johansen 25 Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in wetlands and peatlands. Evelyn Gaiser and Kathleen Rühland 26 Tracking fish, seabirds, and wildlife population dynamics with diatoms and other limnological indicators. Irene Gregory-Eaves and Bronwyn E. Keatley 27 Diatoms and archaeology. Steve Juggins and Nigel G. Cameron 28 Diatoms in oil and gas exploration. William N. Krebs, Andrey Yu. Gladenkov and Gareth D. Jones 29 Forensic science and diatoms. Anthony J. Peabody and Nigel G. Cameron 30 Toxic marine diatoms. Maria Célia Villac, Gregory J. Doucette and Irena Kaczmarska 31 Diatoms as markers of atmospheric transport. Margaret A. Harper and Robert M. McKay 32 Diatoms as nonnative species. Sarah A. Spaulding, Cathy Kilroy and Mark B. Edlund 33 Diatomite. David M. Harwood 34 Stable isotopes from diatom silica. Melanie J. Leng and George E. A. Swann 35 Diatoms and nanotechnology: Early history and imagined future as seen through patents. Richard Gordon Part IV Conclusions 36 Epilogue: A view to the future. John P. Smol and Eugene F. Stoermer Glossary, acronyms, and abbreviations Index |
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