1. Now that Hyrax mounting medium is no longer available, many diatomists use Naphrax. Where can one find Naphrax?
2. What diatomist also produced these illustrations (I hope to include image soon -- Sarah)?
3. What is the period of ice cover on Lower Dumbell Lake, Ellesmere Island?
4. Which of the Laurentian Great Lakes is the deepest?
5. Name a freshwater araphid diatom genus characterized by asysmmetry to the apical axis and a unilateral, ventral inflation of the central area.
6. Who is the author of this passage (I hope to include image soon -- Sarah)?
7. Which monoraphid diatom genus lives on the angiosperm with the common name of "duck weed?"
8. How many strains of diatoms are now in culture at the Freshwater Diatom Culture Collection at Loras College?
9. What element most easily substitutes for silica in diatom frustules?
10. What river flows through Amerfoort in the Netherlands?
11. Name 6 paleoindicators besides diatoms.
12. Where will the INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PALEOLIMNOLOGY in 2000 be held?
13. What is Ruth Patrick's middle name?
14. What X-ray astronomer proposed that diatoms might live in comets or on Europa (one of Jupiter's moons)?
15. Name three lakes in Mongolia.
16. Who described the diatom genus Bacillaria?
17. What diatomist is known as "Young Bob"?
18. Name one of the threats to the coastal wetlands of South Florida.
19. What diatomist published work on an epiphytic diatom on copepods (Synedra cyclopum) ?
20. C. G. Ehrenberg described over 1,000 diatom genera. What does "C. G." stand for?
21. What diatomist (at this meeting) played timpani as a percusssionist in European orchestras?
22. What is C.W. Reimer's pet German name?
23. How deep is Lake Baikal?
24. How deep are the sediments in Lake Baikal?
25. Pyramid Lake is a remnant of what former, extensive lake system of the western U.S.?
26. What brackish water diatom forms filaments one to three meters in length, and is reportedly used as mullet bait?
27. What diatomist may never be allowed to host another NADS meeting because of the infamous floatilla?
28. Who invented the diatometer?
29. Where did Charles Reimer complete his doctoral degree?
30. In a recent study of midwest streams, increased concentrations of atrazine and cyanazine were associated with an increase in what algal group?
31. What attenuates ultraviolet light (a topic of current interest) in northern latitude lakes?
32. If David Williams was at a sushi restaurant, what item would he be least likely to order?
33. Name a diatom taxon found in Lake Zeribar, Iran.
34. What does the acronym DIBI stand for?
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?
36. Name 2 of the 3 diatom genera on the NADS program cover (I hope to include image soon -- Sarah).
37. What is the type species of Mayamaea?
38. What is kieselguhr?
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40. What is a salar?
41. Who edited this volume (I hope to include image soon -- Sarah)?