Battarbee, RW; Flower, RJ; Jones, VJ; van Dam, H; Arzet, K; Liukkonen, M; Kingston, J; + view all Battarbee, RW; Flower, RJ; Jones, VJ; van Dam, H; Arzet, K; Liukkonen, M; Kingston, J; Anderson, D; Round, F; Simola, H; - view fewer (1985) Diatoms and acid lakes. Proceedings of a workshop of the 8th International Diatom Symposium, Paris, September 1984. (PRU Research Report 11 ). Palaeoecology Research Unit, UCL Environmental Change Research Centre: London, UK.

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Abstract

Diatom analysis of lake sedimentshasbecome one of the most important techniques used in the contemporary debate on lake acidification. In recent years the relationship between diatom assemblages and pH has been quantified allowing the pH history of individual lakes to be reconstructed. Much reliance is placed on these reconstructions yet we have little understanding of the causal mechanisms that underlie the impressive statistics. There has been little research on the ecology and physiology of diatom taxa in acid and acidifying waters and we have little information on the role of either planktonic or non-planktonic diatoms in acid lake ecosystems. This Workshop, hence, was not only devoted to the exchange of information on current research projects but also to a discussion of some of the ecological questions that require resolution to improve our understanding of the diatom:pH relationship.

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