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 lake sediments has been used increasingly to document past limnological conditions. Because many diatom taxa are sensitive indicators of lakewater pH, this approach is especially usefull in assessing impacts of 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 forms of 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 algae as indicators of chemical characteristics by P.M.Stokes & Y.K.Yung/The representation of living diatoms communities in deep-water sedimentary diatom assemblages in two Maine (U.S.A.) lakes by D.M.DeNicola/ Spatial and temporal variability in periphytic diatom communities: Paleoecological significance in an acidified lake by V.J.Jones & R.J.Flower)/ Paleolimnological applications (Relationships between diatom assemblages in lake surface-sediments and limnological characteristics 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 sedimentary remains 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).