BOOKS
 Round, F.E. , R.M.Cra wford, and D.G.Mann (1990). The Diatoms, Biology
& Morphology of the Genera, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 E. F. Stoermer, John P. Smol, 2001. The Diatoms: Applications for the
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
 Hans Du Buf, 2002. Automatic Diatom Identification World Scientific.
Singapore.
 Barber, H.G.and E.Y.Ha worth (1981). A Guide to the Morphology of the
Diatom Frustule, Scientific Publ. No. 44, Ambleside, U.K.: Freshwater
Biol.Ass.
 Cox, E.J.(1996). Identification of Freshwater Diatoms from Living Material,
London: Chapman and Hall.
 Hustedt, F.(1927–1966).Die Kieselalgen Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und
der Schweiz mit Berüchsichtigung der übrigen Länder Europas sowie der
angrenzenden
Meeresgebiete.Rabenhorst
Kryptogamenflora
[7
volumes].K oenigstein: Otto Koeltz Science Publishers.
 Krammer,K.and H.Lange-Bertalot (1986–1991).Bacillariophyceae, 4
Vols.in: Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa.Stuttgart/Jena: Gustav Fischer
Verlag:
Volume
2/1.(1986):
Naviculaceae.
Volume2/2.(1988):
Bacillariaceae, Epithemiaceae, Surirellaceae.
Volume 2/3.(1991):
Centrales,
Fragilariaceae,
Eunotiaceae.
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2/4.(1991):
Achnanthaceae, kritische Ergänzungen zu Navicula (Lineolatae) und
Gomphonema.
 Werner, D.(ed. ) (1977). The Biology of Diatoms, Oxford: Blackwell
Scientific Publications.
GENUS SPECIFIC ARTICLES :
Achnanthes
 Lange-Bertalot, H. & Krammer, K. (1989) - Achnanthes eine Monographie
der Gattungen. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 18. J. Cramer, Stuttgart. 393 pp.
ISBN: 3 443 57009 7
 Bukhtiyarova, L. & Round, F. (1996) – Revision of the genus Achnanthes
s.l. Psammothidium, a new gebus based on A. marginulatum. Diatom
Research 11(1): 1-30.
 Round, F. & Bukhtiyarova, L. (1996) - Four new genera based on
Achnanthes (Achnanthidium), together with a redefinition of
Achnanthidium. Diatom Research 11(2): 345-361.
Brachysira
 Lange-Bertalot, H. & Moser, G. (1994) - BRACHYSIRA Monographie der
Gattungen. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 29. J. Cramer, Stuttgart. 212 pp.
 Cyclotella, Stephanodiscus & Cyclostephanos
 Hakansson, H. (2002) – A compilation and evaluation of species in the
general Stephanodiscus, Cyclostephanos & Cyclotella with a new genus in
the family Stephanodiscaceae. Diatom Research 17(1): 1-139.
Eunotia
 Alles, E., Nörpel-Schempp, M. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1991) – Zur
Systematik
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Ökologie
charakteristieker
Eunotia-Arten
(Bacillariophyceae) in elektrolytarmen Bachoberläufen. Nova Hewigia
53(1-2): 171-213.
Cymbella & related taxa
 Krammer, K. (1997) - Die cymbelloiden Diatomeen. Eine Monographie der
weltweit bekannten Taxa. Teil 1. Allgemeines und Encyonema part.
Bibliotheca Diatomologica Band 36. J. Cramer, Stuttgart. 382 pp.
 Krammer, K. (1997) - Die cymbelloiden Diatomeen. Eine Monographie der
weltweit bekannten Taxa. Teil 2. Encyonema part., Encyonopsis und
Cymbellopsis. Bibliotheca Diatomologica Band 37. J. Cramer, Stuttgart.
469 pp.
 Krammer, K. (2002) - Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European Inland
Waters and Comparable Habitats. Vol. 3. Cymbella. A.R.G. Gantner
Verlag K.G, Ruggell. 584pp.
 Krammer, K. (2003) - Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European Inland
Waters and Comparable Habitats. Vol. 4. Cymbopleura, Delicata,
Navicymbula, Gomphocymbellopsis, Afrocymbella. A.R.G. Gantner
Verlag K.G, Ruggell. 530pp.
Navicula and related genera (genera split of from Navicula s.l.)
 Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001) - Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European
Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Vol. 2. Navicula sensu stricto. 10
Genera Separated from Navicula sensu lato. Frustulia. A.R.G. Gantner
Verlag K.G, Ruggell. 526pp.
 Lange-Bertalot, H. & Krammer, K. (1987) – Bacillariaceae, Epithemiaceae,
Surirellaceae. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 15. J. Cramer, Stuttgart. 289 pp.
ISBN: 3 443 57006 2
Nitzschia
 Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1985) Naviculaceae. Bibliotheca
Diatomologica 9. J. Cramer, Stuttgart. 230 pp. ISBN: 3 443 57001 1
Pinnularia
 Krammer, K. (2000) - Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European Inland
Waters and Comparable Habitats. Vol. 1. The genus Pinnularia. A.R.G.
Gantner Verlag K.G, Ruggell. 703pp.
Stauroneis
 Lange-Bertalot, H., Cavacini, P., Tagliaventi, N. & Alfinito, S. (2003) –
Iconographia Diatomologica. Annotated Diatom Micrographs Vol. 12
Diatoms from Sardinia. Koeltz Scientific Books. 438pp. ISBN: 3 906166 01 5
 Werum, M. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2004) – Iconographia Diatomologica.
Annotated Diatom Micrographs Vol. 13 Diatoms from Springs. Koeltz
Scientific Books. 480 pp. ISBN: 3 906166 14 7
 Van de Vijver, B. Beyens, L. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2004) The genus
Stauroneis in Arctic and Antarctic Regions. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 50,
312pp.
DATABASE
 AlgaeBase
 American Type Culture Collection
 ANSP Algae Image Database
The ANSP Algae Image Database contains light micrograph images of
diatom taxa from rivers throughout the USA.
 BGSU Algae Image Archive
185+ images of diatoms from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
 California Academy of Sciences Diatom Collection
 Canadian Diatom Database
The Canadian Diatom Database includes approximately 3,000 diatom
samples with their description, precise geographic location and
associated information.
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Coimbra Collection of Algae
Culture Collection of Algae at Goettingen University
Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Cologne
Database of algae in the University of Girona Herbarium
DIAC: Automatic Diatom Identification And Classification
This pilot project aimed to develop algorithms for an automatic
identification of diatoms using image information, i.e. both shape and
ornamentation. There is a searchable database of diatom images.
 Diatoms (teaching and learning web-site is intended as an introduction
to micropalaeontology)
 Diatom Image Database
 Diatoms.co.uk
This diatom database application from Klaus Kemp contains 15,000+
images, 2350 species descriptions and more. Useful for teaching but
not free.
 EDDI European Diatom Database
A web-based system of diatom training sets, ecological and taxonomic
information, diatom images and transfer functions for performing
environmental reconstructions from fossil assemblages.
 Great Lakes Diatoms
This is another diatom checklist with images this time from the
Laurentian Great Lakes of North America.
 HANNA Database (California Academy of Sciences)
The Hanna Database provides information on the Taxon, Locality, and
Publication tables. The Taxon table contains 75,000 records of
specimens that have been identified on slides.
 International Survey of Diatom Collections
 Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine
Phytoplankton
 SVCK-Culture Collection of Conjugatophyceae
 The Culture Collection of Algae & Protozoa
 The Friedrich Hustedt Diatom Collection
 The Fritsch Collection of Illustrations of Freshwater AlgaeRoyal
Botanical Garden Edinburgh: Diatoms
 The North-West University Division of Botany, P B # x6001
Potchefstoom, 2520
 University of Toronto Culture Collection of Algae and Cyanobacteria
 UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Texas at Austin
 Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh
 Diatoms and other algae hosted by Bowling Green State University
USA
 Electronic microfossil image database system
 Envirnmental Change Research Centre database (diatoms)
 The Natural History Museum (London)
SYSTEMATICS
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AlgaTerra
The Friedrich-Hustedt-Arbeitsplatz für Diatomeenkunde
A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature: a Tennesse Tutorial (Ron Petersen)
International Survey of Diatom Collections
Index Herbariorum
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Tokyo 1994)
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Saint Louis 2000)
JOURNALS
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Algological Studies
American Journal of Botany
Aquaculture Association of Canada
Aquatic Botany
Aquatic Sciences
Aquatic Ecology
Association des Diatomistes de Langue Francaise
Association of Systematics Collections
Bibliotheca Diatomologica
Bibliotheca Phycologica
Botanica Marina
British Phycological Society
Cryptogamie Algologie
Diatom Research
European Journal of Phycology
European Journal of Protistology
Freshwater Biology
Geomicrobiology Journal
Harmful Algae News
Hydrobiologia
International Journal of Algae
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Journal of Applied Phycology
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Journal of Phycology
Journal of Plankton Research
Nova Hedwigia
Phycologia
Phycological Research
'Protist' (formerly Archiv fuer Protistenkunde)
Protistology
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Regulated Rivers: Research & Management
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
The international journal "Protistology"
The Journal of Phycology
The Journal Phycological Research
Harmful Algae
Tropical Freshwater Biology
Botanical journal of the Linnean Society
DISCUSSION FORUMS
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DIATOM-L (a forum for discussion regarding DIATOMS)
ALGAE-L (Visit Mike Guiry's algal page for details)
Microscopes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Microscope/
Plankton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/
SOCIETIES
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International Society for Diatom Research
International Phycological Society
The Freshwater Biological Association
The Japanese Society of Diatomology
Phycological Society of America
North American Benthological Society
Phycological Society of Southern Africa
British Phycological Society
Internation Association of Limnogeology
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Hungarian Algological Society
International "Fossil Algae" Association
Field Studies Council
Japanese Society of Phycology
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
The Micropalaeontological Society
CONFERENCE & MEETINGS
 INTERNATIONAL DIATOM SYMBOSIUM 2008: The next meeting of the
International Society for Diatom Research will be held in Dubrovnic,
Croatia in 7-13th September 2008. The meeting will be organised by
Nenad Jasprica, University of Dubrovnik, Institute for Marine and Coastal
Research, Kneza Damjana Jude 12, PO Box 83, HR-20000 Dubrovnik,
Croatia. Tel. + 385 20 323 484; Fax +385 20 323 872 email:
[email protected].
 Meeting of German-Speaking Diatomists
COURSES
 The Iowa Lakeside Summer Lab. courses can be found at
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/lakeside/diatoms.html
which is Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms and run by Mark Edliund
Sarah Spaulding
 http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/lakeside/analysis.html
which is Analysis of Environmental Data and run by Steve Juggins
 Courses on Freshwater Phycology, Limnology, and Stream Ecology also
conducted every summer (June - August) at The University of Michigan
Biological Station (Rex Lowe and Jan Stevenson)
 The University of Manitoba Field Station at Delta Marsh, Manitoba,
Canada often has a short diatom ID course in July (Gordon
Goldsborough)
 Elliot Shubert and Eileen Cox have an algae course at Kindrogan Field
Centre in the Scottish Highlands in late July.
 There is a summer field course in marine botany/phycology held in June
at the Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island, Maine, USA, offered
through Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire.
REGIONAL FLORAS, CHECKLISTS & RESEARCH PROGRAMS
The Antarctic Diatom Home Page
Diatoms in Salt Environments - Bolivian Altiplano
Great Lakes Diatoms
Mongolian Diatom Home Page
Marine Planktonic Diatoms of the Northeast, US Coast: compilation of a
contemporary flora
 Diatom Research at AWI Potsdam [Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and
Marine Research]
 Diatoms of the Swedish West Coast
Southeast [US] Environmental Research Center (SERC), Florida
Everglades. Periphyton
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RESOURCE PERSONS:
Dr. A.K.S.K.Prasad
Secretary, International Phycological Society (IPS)
Department of Biological Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee FL 32306-1100 USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. V.N. Raja Rao.
Professor (Retd.), Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany,
University of Madras
Current Address:
634, 12th cross, 27th main, HSR Layout 1st Sector,
Bangalore – 560 034, INDIA
Dr Prema Paul
Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany,
University of Madras,
Guindy Campus,
Chennai, INDIA
Dr. Rahul Mohan
Southern Ocean Oceanography Div.
National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research
Headland Sada, Goa - 403 804
Email: [email protected]
Dr. P Nautial
Department of Zoology,
HNB Grahwal University,
Srinagar 246174
INDIA E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. R Nautial
Department of Zoology,
Government Degree College,
Dak Pathar, Dehradun,
INDIA E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. David M. Williams,
Department of Botany,
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom,
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr Richard M. Crawford
Friedrich Hustedt Diatom Collection
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research
Am Handelshafen 12
27570 Bremerhaven
Germany
Tel: (49) 471 4831 1530
Fax: (49) 471 4831 1425
Prof. David G. Mann
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Edinburgh EH3 5LR
Scotland, UK
Email: [email protected]
Tel. (+44) 131 248 2875
Dr. Jonathan Taylor
DH Environmental Consulting
P O Box 5429,
Helderberg 7135
South Africa E-mail: [email protected]