Language: English
The freshwater and inland saline water diatom flora from the northern and central part of Papua New Guinea was studied. This study comprises 288 samples from 154 different localities. In total 430 taxa were identified. Of these 9 taxa were described as new to science.
Introduction 1
1. General data 3
1.1. The study area 3
1 .2. Geology 4
1.3. Soils 6
1.4. Climate 7
1.5. Vegetation 11
2. Materials and methods 12
2.1. Sampling 12
2.2. Preparation techniques 22
2.3. Examination of the material 22
3. General data on the sampling stations 24
4. Systematical part 26
4.1. Species list 31
5. Final remarks 189
6. References 191