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Diatoms from Hot Springs from Kuril and Sakhalin Islands (Far East, Russia)

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We present new data on the diatoms from hot springs of Kuril and Sakhalin Islands of the Russian Far East. These spring habitats represented a diversity of types, including with respect to temperature, pH, and trophic levels. A total of 232 species, varieties, and forms of diatoms were identified. We present results from each island investigated and note similarities and differences in terms of dominant taxa and community composition between islands, around the region and globally. The diversity of diatom taxa present in springs decreases significantly when water temperature exceeds 70°C.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are very thankful to Dr. N.A. Eremenko (State Nature Reserve “Kurilsky”) and Dr. S.V. Shedko (Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences FEB RAS) for the help with sampling the algae, Dr. M.V. Cherepanova (Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences FEB RAS) and A.V. Artemova (Institute of Oceanology FEB RAS) for consultation of identification of marine diatoms, and Dr. R.V. Zharkov (Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics FEB RAS) for putting the information about the chemistry of thermal springs at our disposal.

The work was supported by International Program Division of the U.S. National Science Foundation, grant numbers DEB-9400821, DEB-9505031, and DEB-0071655б (Prof. Theodore W. Pietsch, principal investigator) and supported in part by grant Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Science 09-III-A-06-179 (Dr. Tatiana V. Nikulina, principal investigator).

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  2. Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

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Nikulina, T.V., Kociolek, J.P. (2011). Diatoms from Hot Springs from Kuril and Sakhalin Islands (Far East, Russia). In: Seckbach, J., Kociolek, P. (eds) The Diatom World. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1327-7_15

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