Diatoms of North America

Contents: Acknowledgements/ An Introduction to the Cape Cod Peninsula, Its Freshwater Ponds and Lakes (General Description of the Cape Cod Peninsula/ Chemical & Physical Characteristics of Cape Cod Ponds/ General Characteristics of the Diatom Flora)/ The Diatom Flora (General Information/ The Taxa)/ Literature Cited/ Photographic Plates/ Appendices(1: Town location, and mean pH, alkalinity (Alk), specific conductivity and Secchi disk depth for the Cape Cod Lakes/ 2: Concentration of major anions and cations for the Cape Cod study lakes/ 3: Concentration of total phosphorus(TP), total nitrogen (TN), chlorophyll-a and the ratio of TN: TP ratio for Cape Cod study lakes/ 4: Accession numbers for each lake of samples deposited at the California Academy of Science (CAS) and the Canadian Museum of Nature (CANA)./ 5: A list of the diatom taxa illustrated and discussed in this volume)/ Taxonomic Index.