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'The contents of the book are well arranged and pedagogically written....It is a valuable book for chrysophyte research, especially for those who are working with embarking on the study of scaled chrysophytes. It can also be recommended for scientists engaged in paleolimnological research.' Journal of Paleolimnology, 7: 103-105 (1992) This book is useful not only for algologists, but we can recommend it without hesitation to hydrobiologists, taxonomits both to zoologists and university teachers.' Acta Botanica Hungarica, 39: 1-2 (1995)

Inhalt
I: Introduction to The Genus Mallomonas.- General Characteristics.- Taxonomic Position.- II: Structure of the Cell Covering.- Scale Morphology.- Bristle Morphology.- Arrangement of Scales on the Cell Surface.- Proposed Mechanism for the Formation of the Cell Covering.- III: Taxonomic Descriptions.- Sectio Mallomonopsis.- Sectio Multisetigerae.- Sectio Papillosae.- Sectio Planae.- Sectio Retrorsa.- Sectio Quadratae.- Sectio Punctiferae.- Similarites and Differences Between.- Sectio Akrokomae.- Sectio Leboimianae.- Sectio Mallomonas.- Taxonomic Difficulties Between Species in the Series Alpinae, Tonsuratae and Portaferreanae.- Sectio Pseudocoronatae.- Sectio Annulatae.- Sectio Torquatae.- IV: Morphology: Quantitative Features of The Siliceous Cell Coat.- Body Scales.- Cells.- V: The Ecology of Mallomonas.- The Genus Mallomonas.- Autecology of Selected Taxa.- Comparison of the Mallomonas Floras from Connecticut, the Adirondacks and the Literature.- Summary.- References.