Diatoms and Lake Acidity. Reconstructing pH from siliceous algal remains in lake sediments. 1986. (Developments in Hydrobiology, 29) Illustr.VII,307 p.Bound.

The stratigraphic record of diatoms and other paleoindicators in lakesediments has been used increasingly to document past limnologicalconditions. Because many diatom taxa are sensitive indicators oflakewater pH, this approach is especially usefull in assessing impactsof atmospheric pollutants and watershed land use on lake pH.Contents(partly): Gunnar Nygaard: A guiding influence onpaleolimnological research by J.Kristiansen/ Diatoms as indicators ofpH: An historical review by R.W.Battarbee, J.P.Smol & J.Merilaeinen/Taxonomy (The genus Melosira from soft-water lakes with special reference to northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota by K.E.Camburn &J.C.Kingston/ A new diatom species, Fragilaria acidobiontica, fromacidic lakes in northeastern North America by D.F.Charles/ Two formsof Tabellaria binalis (Ehr.) Grun in two acid lakes in Galloway,Scotland by R.J.Flower)/ Extant floras (Phytoplankton in selected LaCloche (Ontario) lakes, pH 4.2 -7.0, with special reference to algaeas indicators of chemical characteristics by P.M.Stokes & Y.K.Yung/The representation of living diatoms communities in deep-watersedimentary diatom assemblages in two Maine (U.S.A.) lakes by D.M.DeNicola/ Spatial and temporal variability in periphytic diatomcommunities: Paleoecological significance in an acidified lake byV.J.Jones & R.J.Flower)/ Paleolimnological applications (Relationshipsbetween diatom assemblages in lake surface-sediments and limnologicalcharacteristics in southern Norway by D.S.Anderson, R.B.Davis & F.Berge/Diatoms evidence for neutralization in acid surface mine lakes byR.B.Brugam & M.Lusk/ The recent history of a naturally acidic lake(Cone Pond, N.H.) by J.Ford/ Etc.)/ Overview: The use of sedimentaryremains of siliceous algae for inferring past chemistry of lake water-problems, potential and research needs by R.B.Davis & J.P.Smol/Indices (Index of lakes/ Index of genera/ Subject index).