Chrysophytes. Taxonomy, biodiversity and palaeoecology. Proceedings of the Ninth International Chrysophyte Symposium. 2019. (Nova Hedwigia, Beihefte, 148). 415 figs. 17 tabs. XVII, 164 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

The present volume features twelve scientific papers presented at the
9th International Chrysophyte Symposium (ICS9) in Yamagata, Japan in
2016. Ten of the twelve papers in this volume deal with chrysophytes /synurophytes, the remaining two with diatoms.

The volume is subdivided into four distinct parts: taxonomy,
biodiversity, culture work, and palaeoecology. The first part includes
discussion of Clathromonas and Paraphysomonas from the Mediterranean
Sea, and the descriptions of two new taxa (Chrysosphaerella nichollsii
from West Java and Aneumastus mongolotusculus from Mongolia), while
the second part describes living assemblages in lakes, bogs or puddles
from China, Russia and Vietnam.

The third part presents new data on the formation of lipids in four
species of Chaetoceros, while the last part describes the use of a
FlowCam for cyst morphometric studies, introduces fossil assemblages
from the Southern Ocean, and revisits the naming vs. numbering problem
for stomatocysts.

This volume continues the tradition of providing up-to-date
information and ideas on the chrysophytes, synurophytes and related
algae. It also reflects the diversity of topics that are currently
being studied by specialists around the world; these include not only
studies on freshwater habitats, but also marine habitats, in addition
to fossil assemblages in land-based and deep-sea cores, too.