Annotated Diatom Monographs. Ed. by Horst Lange - Bertalot: Volume 12: Biogeography - Ecology - Taxonomy: Lange - Bertalot, Horst, Paolo Cavacini, Nadia Tagliaventi and Silvia Alfinito: Diatoms of Sardinia. Rare and 76 new species in rock pools and other ephemeral waters. 2003. Second hand copy. 1369 SEM & LM-micrographs on 137 plates. 438 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Out of print. Second hand copy in good condition.

Contents: Abstract / Riassunto/ Quickfinder for Plates/ Sardinia: the environment/ Diatom communities in Sardinia/ Sardegna: l'ambientefisico/ Le comunità diatomologiche in Sardegna/ Material and methods/ Diagnoses and discussion of the taxa/ Acknowledgements/ References/ Plates / Index of taxa.

From the abstract: Our initial investigationof various permanent waters, particularly ground - water springs and wells of Sardinia yielded no taxa other than those known from continental Italy or other parts of Europe. In temporary bodies of water, however, especially in large rock pools on basalt, diatom assemblages including many rare or unknown species were detected. Of the 77 taxa from Sardinia new to science, 76 are here described. FRUSTULIA ALFINITOSILVIAE having been described in Lange - Bertalot 2001...Two additional species from South America and the European continent are introduced as new to science because they may be confused with taxa from Sardinia. More than 40 other morphodemes are discussed and/or illustrated by photomicrographs, but these are still unidentified or uncertain new taxa.