Regards,
Phil
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:01 -0500
From: cheryl@dustyuniverse.com
To: aga-mcm@thekrib.com
Subject: [AGA-mcm] [Fwd: Aquarium mosses]
What do y'all think of this idea? Does the AGA want to get into the booklet-publishing business? It could be a good thing. I know that Karen, Ole and I have discussed a similar project about Algae, and at one time we were thinking of publishing Ben's article about The Basics, but I couldn't get hold of hi-res photos.
Pros? Cons? Thoughts?
If anyone wants to see the article, let me know and I'll e-mail you the rar file.
Cheryl
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| Subject: | Aquarium mosses |
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| Date: | Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:53:30 +0200 (Romance Daylight Time) |
| From: | Stephan Mifsud <valerandi@gmail.com> |
| To: | <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com> |
| CC: | Loh Kwek Leong <timebomb@pacific.net.sg> |
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Dear Cheryl,
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.
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.
Below please find a proposed draft contents for said book
If interested please let us know your views.
Thanks
best regards
Stephan Mifsud
Malta
AQUARIUM MOSSES & LIVERWORTS
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
injected co2
Lighting
intensity
photo period
intermittent lighting
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)
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 mosses
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)
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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