Proceedings of the 19th International Diatom Symposium held at Listvyanka, Irkutsk, Russia, from 28 August to 3 September 2008. 180 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Contents (partly): Spatial patterns of planktonic and benthic diatom distribution and assemblage similarity in Lake Matano (Sulawesi Island, Indonesia)/ A diatom record of glacial to interglacial transition beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica/ Valve morphogenesis in the centric diatom Cyclotella baicalensis/ Four new Cyclotella species from Pliocene lacustrine deposits in the U.S.A./ Paralia longispina sp. nov., an extant species from Palau and Haha-jima, western North Pacific/ The Gyrosigma taxa (Bacillariophyceae) inLake Baikal, Siberia, Russia/ The type, taxonomy, and distribution of Anomoeoneis fogedii Reimer/ A history of diatom research in Russia/ Morphological and taxonomicalstudy of Cocconeis baikalensis/ Aulacoseira hachiyaensis sp. nov., a new Early Miocene freshwater fossil diatom from the Hachiya Formation, Japan/ Examination of types in theFragilaria pectinalis-capitellata species complex/ Type material of Peronia fibula: morphology, systematics and relationships/The diatom flora of some hot springs in Kamchatka, Russia.