Table of Contents

Protist diversity and distribution: some basic considerations.- Distribution and diversity of aquatic protists: an evolutionary and ecological perspective.- “Missing” protists: a molecular prospective.- Diversity, dispersal and biogeography of bryophytes (mosses).- Myxomycete diversity and distribution from the fossil record to the present.- Diversity and endemism in Rotifera: a review, and Keratella Bory de St Vincent.- Diversity and geographic distribution of benthic foraminifera: a molecular perspective.- Diversity and biogeography of testate amoebae.- Diversity and geographic distribution of ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora).- The “Tetrahymena pyriformis” complex of cryptic species.- Diversity and geographic distribution of desmids and other coccoid green algae.- The diversity and distribution of diatoms: from cosmopolitanism to narrow endemism.- Dinoflagellate diversity and distribution.- Dispersal and biogeography of silica-scaled chrysophytes.- Conservation of protists: is it needed at all?.