The Diatoms Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences [Paperback]

A much revised and greatly extended compilation of the expanding uses of diatoms in the environmental and earth sciences.This much revised and expanded edition provides an up-to-date summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications, including indicators of environmental change. An extensive glossary allows even non-specialists to use the book effectively.This much revised and expanded edition provides an up-to-date summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications, including indicators of environmental change. An extensive glossary allows even non-specialists to use the book effectively.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.Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Applications and uses of diatoms: prologue; 2. The diatoms: a primer; 3. Numerical methods for the analysis of diatom assemblage data; Part II. Diatoms as Indicators of Environmental Change in Flowing Waters and Lakes: 4. Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms; 5. Diatoms as indicators of long-term environmental change in rivers, fluvial lakes and impoundments; 6l7