Language: German
An in-depth standard work to all the diatom species of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which was written between 1930 to 1966. The first volume contains several chapters introducing the reader to diatom morphology, biology, and physiology, as well as a chapter covering collection and preparation. The remainder of volume 1, and volumes 2 and 3, describes all the groups of diatoms and contains numerous identification keys.