1. Now that Hyrax mounting medium is no longer available, many diatomists use Naphrax. Where can one find Naphrax? Northern Biological Supply
2. What diatomist also produced these illustrations? Ehrenberg
3. What is the period of ice cover on Lower Dumbell Lake, Ellesmere Island? it rarely completely loses its ice cover
4. Which of the Laurentian Great Lakes is the deepest? Lake Superior
5. Name a freshwater araphid diatom genus characterized by asysmmetry to the apical axis and a unilateral, ventral inflation of the central area. Hannaea
6. Who is the author of this passage? Darwin
7. Which monoraphid diatom genus lives on the angiosperm with the common name of "duck weed?" Lemnicola
8. How many strains of diatoms are now in culture at the Freshwater Diatom Culture Collection at Loras College? about 1700.
9. What element most easily substitutes for silica in diatom frustules? germainium
10. What river flows through Amerfoort in the Netherlands? the Eem
11. Name 6 paleoindicators besides diatoms. Chrysophyte cysts, protozoan plates, chironomids, ostracodes, pollen, stable isotopes, pigments, phytoliths, etc.
12. Where will the INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PALEOLIMNOLOGY in 2000 be held? QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO
13. What is Ruth Patrick's middle name? Myrtle
14. What X-ray astronomer proposed that diatoms might live in comets or on Europa (one of Jupiter's moons)? Richard Hoover
15. Name three lakes in Mongolia. Tov, Hovsgol, Uvs.
16. Who described the diatom genusBacillaria? J.F. Gmelin 1791
17. What diatomist is known as "Young Bob"? Bob Pillsbury
18. Name one of the threats to the coastal wetlands of South Florida. Salt water encroachment, drainage, interference with freshwater sheet flow.
19. What diatomist published work on an epiphytic diatom on copepods (Synedra cyclopum) ? Evelyn Gaiser.
20. C. G. Ehrenberg described over 1,000 diatom genera. What does "C. G." stand for? Christian Gottfried
21. What diatomist (at this meeting) played timpani as a percusssionist in European orchestras? Elisabeth Fourtanier
22. What is C.W. Reimer's pet German name? Heinrich
23. How deep is Lake Baikal? ~ 1600 m
24. How deep are the sediments in Lake Baikal? ~ 7,500 m
25. Pyramid Lake is a remnant of what former, extensive lake system of the western U.S.? Lake Lahontan
26. What brackish water diatom forms filaments one to three meters in length, and is reportedly used as mullet bait? Melosira moniliformis
27. What diatomist may never be allowed to host another NADS meeting because of the infamous floatilla? Jan Stevenson
28. Who invented the diatometer? Ruth Patrick
29. Where did Charles Reimer complete his doctoral degree? Michigan State University
30. In a recent study of midwest streams, increased concentrations of atrazine and cyanazine were associated with an increase in what algal group? cyanobacteria
31. What attenuates ultraviolet light (a topic of current interest) in northern latitude lakes? DOC
32. If David Williams was at a sushi restaurant, what item would he be least likely to order? urchin
33. Name a diatom taxon found in Lake Zeribar, Iran. Anomoeoneis sphaerophora, Surirella striatula, Surirella peisonis.
34. What does the acronym DIBI stand for? Diatom Index of Biological Integrity
35. At the 7th Intermittant Great Lakes Algal Foray, what diatom was represented in the pinata that C. Reimer and J. Stevenson beat the crap out of with a baseball bat? Nitzschia
36. Name 2 of the 3 diatom genera on the NADS program cover. Cyclotella, Surirella, Muelleria
37. What is the type species of Mayamaea? atomus Kutzing
38. What is kieselguhr? diatomite
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40. What is a salar? dry saline lake bed
41. Who edited this volume? E.F. Stoermer and J. Smol