BAYER MM, MANN DG. The Diatoms: applications for the environmental and earth sciences. Edited by Eugene F. Stoermer & John P. Smol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1999. 469pp. ISBN 0 521 58281 4. £70.00 (hardback). Edinburgh J. Bot. 2000;57(1):141-150. doi:10.1017/S0960428600210093