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Diatoms : ecology and life cycle /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Compton, James C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
Colección:Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""DIATOMS: ECOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE""; ""DIATOMS: ECOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Role of Environmental Factors in Shaping Diatom Frustule: Morphological Plasticity and Teratological Forms""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Morphological Variability of Frustule""; ""2.1. Frustule Size Reduction""; ""2.1.1. Ph, Light and Moisture Content of Air""; ""2.1.2. Nutrient and Si Limiting Conditions""; ""2.1.3. Heavy Metals""; ""2.1.4. Artificial Growth Conditions""; ""2.2. Frustule Outline Variability""; ""2.3. Frustule Ornamentation Plasticity""
  • ""2.3.1. Salinity and Temperature""""2.3.2. Nutrient and Si Limiting Conditions""; ""2.3.3. Heavy Metals""; ""3. Teratological Forms""; ""3.1. Silica Uptake and Frustule Formation""; ""3.1.1. Silica Uptake""; ""3.1.2. Cell Valve Formation""; ""3.1.3. Chemical Factors and Valve Development Processes""; ""3.2. Teratological Forms and Environmental Stresses""; ""3.2.1. TYPE 1: Deformed Valve Outline (Figure 1 -1b-)""; ""3.2.2. TYPE 2: Changes in Striation Pattern, Costae and Septae (Figure 1 -1c-)""
  • ""3.2.3. TYPE 3: Changes in the Structure and Position of Central and Longitudinal Areas (Figure 1 -2b-)""""3.2.4. TYPE 4: Raphe Modifications (Figure 1 -1d-)""; ""3.2.5. TYPE 5: Raphe Canal Modifications (Figure 1 -3b-)""; ""3.2.6. TYPE 6: Unusual Arrangement of the Cells Forming Colonies""; ""3.2.7. TYPE 7: Mixed Type""; ""3.2.8. Main Causes of Teratologies (Table 1)""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Marine Diatom Communities: Taxonomical Variability, Physiological Plasticity and Role in the Carbon Cycling at Coastal Upwelling Areas""; ""Abstract""
  • ""1. Introduction""""2. Diatom Assemblages in the Northwest Area of the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea)""; ""2.1. The Hydrological Context""; ""2.2. Composition of the Phytoplankton Communities: Analysis of the Published Data""; ""2.3. Updating the Analysis of the Diatom Assemblages""; ""3. Eco-Physiology of the Diatom Assemblages""; ""3.1. Relationship among Taxonomic Composition, Cell Abundance and Hydrological Variables""; ""3.2. Physiological Features of the Diatom Type-Communities""; ""3.2.1. Light Absorption Properties""; ""3.2.2. Photosynthetic Performance""; ""Conclusion""
  • ""Acknowledgments""""References""; ""A Novel Diatom Classification Method Based on Pattern Trees by Using Different Membership Functions""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Pattern Trees Algorithm""; ""2.1. Similarity Metrics""; ""2.2. Fuzzy Aggregation Operators""; ""3. Proposed Modified Membership Functions""; ""3.1. Evenly Sigmoid Membership Function""; ""3.2. Evenly Bell Membership Function""; ""3.1. Log-Normal Membership Function""; ""4. Data Description and Experimental Setup""; ""4.1. Experimental Setup""; ""5. Diatoms Classification Models""