In this book the literature on modern estuarine diatoms from Argentina is revised in order to synthesise the available ecological information and to detect possible modern analogues for Quaternary diatom assemblages. The main objective is to build bridges between ecolo... Lees meer.
Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologists gaze. Drawing on data from fairs in the Argentinean Andes this book addresses a local modality of barter known as cambio. Bringing out its embeddedness... Lees meer.
The temporal and spatial distribution patterns of diatoms colonising artificial substrates were used to develop a model indicating different levels of degradation in urban streams of the Swan River Perth Western Australia. Diatom and algal based matrices were used to de... Lees meer.
Ul liNatuurlijke kiezelgoer: de waterabsorberende en sneldrogende badkamermat is gemaakt van natuurlijk silicagoremmateriaal met sterke wateropname. Om je een groen nieuw leven te bieden is het een must voor je badkamerli liAntislip: het onderste antislipontwer... Lees meer.
PThis much revised and expanded edition provides a valuable and detailed summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications in the environmental and earth sciences. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of diatoms in analysing ecological problems r... Lees meer.