Annotated Diatom Monographs. Ed. by Horst Lange - Bertalot: Volume 12: Biogeography - Ecology - Taxonomy: Lange - Bertalot, Horst, Paolo Cavacini, Nadia Tagliaventi and Silvia Alfinito: Diatoms of Sardinia. Rare and 76 new species in rock pools and other ephemeral waters. 2003. 1369 SEM & LM-micrographs on 137 plates. 438 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. (ISBN 978-3-906166-01-8)

Contents: Abstract / Riassunto/ Quickfinder for Plates/ Sardinia: theenvironment/ Diatom communities in Sardinia/ Sardegna: l'ambientefisico/ Le comunità diatomologiche in Sardegna/ Material and methods/Diagnoses and discussion of the taxa/ Acknowledgements/ References/Plates / Index of taxa. - From the abstract: Our initial investigationof various permanent waters, particularly ground - water springs andwells of Sardinia yielded no taxa other than those known fromcontinental Italy or other parts of Europe. In temporary bodies of water, however, especially in large rock pools on basalt, diatomassemblages including many rare or unknown species were detected. Ofthe 77 taxa from Sardinia new to science, 76 are here described.FRUSTULIA ALFINITOSILVIAE having been described in Lange - Bertalot2001...Two additional species from South America and the Europeancontinent are introduced as new to science because they may beconfused with taxa from Sardinia. More than 40 other morphodemes arediscussed and/or illustrated by photomicrographs, but these are stillunidentified or uncertain new taxa.