Diatoms: Fundamentals and Applications [Hardcover]

The aim of this new book series (Diatoms: Biology and Applications) is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications. The first book of the series, 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 look 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 for a wide audience researchers, academics, students, and teachers of biology and related disciplines, written to both act as an introduction to diatoms and to present some of the most advanced research on them.

Foreword xvii

Preface xxiii

1 A Memorial to Frithjof Sterrenburg: The Importance of the Amateur Diatomist 1
Janice L. Pappas

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Background and Interests 3

1.3 The Personality of an Amateur Diatomist 7

1.4 The Amateur Diatomist and the Importance of Collections 11

1.5 The Amateur Diatomist as Expert in the Tools of the Trade 12

1.6 The Amateur Diatomist as Peer-Reviewed Scientific Contributor 15

1.7 Concluding Remarks 20

Acknowledgments 21

References 21

2 Alex Altenbach  In Memoriam of a Friend 29
Wladyslaw Altermann

References 31