The discovery and documentation of life on the planet Earth remains a vast endeavor. The challenge is far too large for the small number of formally trained scientists, and far too complex for traditional publication (Wilson 2003; Jetz et al. 2012;

High-resolution LM images of diatoms from remote regions of western Canada are presented as a contribution to our knowledge of diatom floristics, ecology and biogeography in North America. Approximately 600 taxa are imaged in 132 plates. Genera

This monograph presents the fossil diatom remains collected from a forest - tundra deposit discovered in 2001 on Bylot Island (72-74N, 60 - 80W), just north of Baffin Island (Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic). Located more than 2000 km north of the present