A team of scientists, graduate students and undergraduate students have developed
a dynamic web flora, "Antarctic Freshwater Diatoms", that combines
taxonomic, location, and ecological data collected over more than a decade
in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica.
http://huey.colorado.edu/diatoms/about/index.php
The database takes a technologically novel approach by linking microscope
images, scanning electron micrographs, original taxonomic descriptions, species
geographic distributions, species assemblage data, maps, and permanent archives.
The database is designed to link published taxonomic information and microscopic
observations in such a way that establishes regionaltaxonomic consistency,
compiles published regional taxonomic data, and allows easy access to different
forms of information (images, text, etc.). We are interested in using the
site as a model for
regional taxonomic databases, as an effective way to recognize and communicate
species endemism and biodiversity.
Send comments, or for further information contact:
Sarah Spaulding
Research Affiliate
Inst. of Arctic & Alpine Research
Campus Box 450
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80309
Books:
ANTARCTIC MARINE PROTISTS
Fiona J. Scott & Harvey J. Marchant (eds)
Published by Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra and Australian
Antarctic Division, Hobart
viii + 563 pages; ISBN 0 642 56835 9 (hardcover)
Price AU $95.00 (includes surface postage for overseas orders, and GST and
postage within Australia). At the moment, this is equivalent to about US$72
and Euro 56.
This work is a comprehensive guide to the protists that live in the surface
waters and sea-ice south of .the Antarctic Polar Front. More than 550 species
are described and superbly illustrated with over 1300 light and electron micrographs
and drawings. A bibliography of more than 1100 entries and a thorough glossary
will make Antarctic Marine Protists an indispensible resource for marine biologists.
CONTENTS
Introduction, Harvey J. Marchant & Fiona J. Scott 1
Systematic Arrangement of Taxa 5
Diatoms, Fiona J. Scott & David P. Thomas 13
Dinoflagellates, Andrew McMinn & Fiona J. Scott 202
Silicoflagellates, Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff 251
Haptophytes: Order Prymnesiales, Harvey J. Marchant & Fiona J. Scott
& Andrew T. Davidson 255
Haptophytes: Order Coccolithophorales, Claire S. Findlay, Jeremy R. Young
& Fiona J. Scott 276
Chrysophytes, Harvey J. Marchant & Fiona J. Scott 295
Prasinophytes, Harvey J. Marchant 308
Chlorophytes, Fiona J. Scott 316
Cryptophytes, Fiona J. Scott & John van den Hoff 317
Euglenoids, Fiona J. Scott 319
Cyanophytes, Harvey J. Marchant 324
Choanoflagellates, Harvey J. Marchant 326
Ciliates, Wolfgang Petz 347
Protista Incertae Sedis, Fiona J. Scott & Harvey J. Marchant 449
Glossary 470
Bibliography 489
Copyright Permission 542
Index 549
For an order form, contact:
Dr P.M.McCarthy
Australian Biological Resources Study
GPO Box 787
Canberra,
A.C.T. 2601
AUSTRALIA
Email: patrick.mccarthy@ea.gov.au
http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/