Dear Cheryl,
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Please find attached an article I wrote for TAG, including
some photos. Can you kindly let me know if you will consider publishing
in TAG. I have copies of the same photos in larger sizes as well as
others but I think the ones I have sent are probably already too many.
I will send you the photos in their original size if you would like to
publish.
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Another project I have discussed with Loh Kwek leong is the
possibility of writing a book(let) entitled Aquarium Mosses and
Liverworts. We know that there are a number of hobbyists who would be
interested in this and wondered if AGA would consider the project. We
intend to coauthor with Prof Benito Tan as taxonomic adviser. We are
still discussing the size of the book or booklet. I was thinking of
perhaps a TAG sized publication with perhaps double the amount of usual
pages to keep costs to a minimum. But if you are interested we can also
think about a bigger publication that would be more comprehensive. Also
I can incorporate the information in the attached article in this
book(let) instead of publishing separately.
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Below please find a proposed draft contents for said book
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If interested please let us know your views.
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Thanks
best regards
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Stephan Mifsud
Malta
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AQUARIUM MOSSES & LIVERWORTS
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Contents
Forward (publisher)
Introduction (uses, need for book, basic knowledge of
aquaristics required, number of species, possibilities)
History (Victorian tanks-nano tanks, styles, need for
identification)
Groups of Bryophytes
           Mosses
              Pleurocarps
              Acrocarps
           Liverworts
            Thallose Liverworts
            Leafy Liverworts
         Identification and Nomenclature
             Keys,microscopes,expertise
              Genera and species levels (changes in water,
sporophytes)
            Scientific vs popular names. examples
              Misidentifications (similar forms)
Bryophytes in nature
           General (humidity,shade,non competition,extreme
environments)
           Aquatic environments worldwide
(acidity,light,flow,temperature)
                       Temperate Climate and Mountain
Streams and Rivers
                       Tropical Streams and Rivers
                       PondsFensMarshes and Bogs
                       Polar Lakes
                       Eutrophic vs Oligotrophic
           Limitations to submerged life
                       Photosynthesis, CO2 absorption,
compensation points, climates
           Adaptations to aquatic environmentsPhysiology
and Forms
Growing Aquarium mosses
           Aquatic vs aquarium mosses (esthetics, naturally
terrestrial species)
           Improving CO2 availability and photosynthesis
                       temp
                       water pH and Hardness
                       water flow                  Â
                       injected co2
           Lighting
                       intensity
                       photo period
                        intermittent lighting      Â
           Nutrition
                       dosage
                       water changes
                       deficiency symptoms
Aquascaping
           Attaching
                       Dry start technique
                    Substrates
           Pruning
           Mosses as main components
                       Moss walls
                       Moss in the middle ground
                       Foregrounds
                       Scale Landscaping
(TreesCliffsHillsPlains and Mountains)Â
           Mosses as secondary components
                       Driftwood cover
Complementary organisms
                       Complementary Plants
                       Complementary and problematic animals
                        Algae and their Control
                          Algae eaters
                          Chemical control
                          Growing
Conditions-lightorganic matterflowwater changes
                          Algae as moss companions
(naturecladophora)
Bryophyte Species
           Pleurocarpous mossesÂ
                       Vesicularia
                       Taxiphyllum
                       Fontinalis
                       Amblystegium
                       Leptodictyum
                       Drepanocladus
                       Platyhypnidum
           Acrocarpous mosses
                       Fissidens
                       Hyophila
                       Plagiomnium
                       Physcomitrium
                       (Cinclidotus)
                       Barbula
           Thallose Liverworts
                       Riccia
                       Riccardia
                       Ricciocarpus
                       Monosolenium
           Leafy Liverworts
                       (unidentified) species)   Â
Moss impersonators
                       moss balls
                       club mosses
                       fern gametophytes
Obtaining aquarium mosses
           Purchasing
           Other Hobbyists
           Collecting from
wildoligotropicalkalineshadesummer or tropics
           Maintaining cultures
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