Book ID: 549
Hendey, N.Ingram
An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part V: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms).London 1964. (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fishery Investigation, Series IV). 45 plates. XXII, 317 p. gr8vo. Cloth. Reprint Koenigstein 1976. (ISBN 978-3-87429-103-3)
Contents: Introduction (Scope of the work/ General characteristics of the diatom cell/ The cell contents)/ Taxonomic features (Valves usually with a raphe or pseudoraphe /The shape of the naviculoid valve/ The structure of the diatom valve)/ Methods of working (Cleaning and preparing diatoms)/ Reproduction in diatoms (Binary fission/ Auxospore formation/ Microspores/ Resting spores)/ Pigments of diatoms/ Colony formation in diatoms/ Movement in diatoms/ Distribution and ecology (General distribution/ Divisions of the plankton/ The littoral zone/ Zonation of littoral diatoms/ The periodicity of littoral diatoms/ Population density)/ Phylogeny of diatoms/ Classification/ Taxonomic Notes/ Analytical key to families/ Key to the genera within each family/ Acknowledgements/ Taxonomic monographs/ Index to species/ Bibliography.