Chrysophytes. Developments and Perspectives. Proceedings of the Second International Chrysophyte Symposium 3.-5. August 1987, Berlin. 1989. (Nova Hedwigia, Beih. 95). 72 plates. many illustrations and tables. XIV, 288 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Contents: Preface/ List of Participants.

Taxonomy, structure and ultrastructure: The Synurophyceae and their relationship to other golden algae/ Siliceous scale production in chrysophyte algae. II. SEM observations regarding the effects of metabolic inhibitors on scale regeneration inl aboratory population of scale-free Synura petersenii cells/ SEM investigations or statospore (stomatocyst V) development indiverse members of the Chrysophyceae and Synurophyceae/ etc.

Ecological studies: On the ecology of the genus Dinobryonin Finnish lakes/ The separation of Mallomonas acaroides v.acaroides and v. muskokana (Synurophyceae) along a pH gradient/ The relationship between metal concentrations and Uroglena americanablooms in Lake Biwa, Japan, etc./

Biogeographical studies: Scaled chrysophytes from the tropics/ Scaledchrysophytes, including heterotrophic nanoflagellates from the lake district in Holstein, northern Germany, etc.

Further Abstracts, Titles, Discussions/ Excursion Report.