Small marine Achnanthales (Bacillariophyceae) from coral ...
Riaux-Gobin, Catherine / Witkowski, Andrzej / Jordan, Richard W. / Coste, Michael
This volume summarizes the results of a ten-year survey of small-sized marine Achnanthales (Bacillariophyceae) in Central Polynesia (South Pacific), focusing on their valve ultrastructures using the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The degree of colonization of benthic marine substrates, species richness and emergence of new diatom taxa appear to vary according to the geologic past, presence of coral reefs and degree of insularity of each C...