Author | Pentecost, A. | ||
Year | 1984 | ||
Title | Introduction to Freshwater Algae | ||
ISBN | 0 85546143 8 | ||
Type | Book/Report | ||
How Complete | Common British species of freshwater algae and cyanobacteria | ||
Source | 247pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd | ||
Illustrations | 48 plates of line drawings, a few with green ink. | ||
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A useful introductory guide to the subject. Contains a number of minor typographic errors, but these do not detract from its usefulness. | ||
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Key to Major Classes (page 16)
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Examine | Compound Microscope | ||
Specimen Preparation | Mostly fresh material | ||
Identification difficulty | Varied. Generally, the more complicated the alga, the easier to identify. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | CYANOBACTERIA | cyanobacteria, blue-green "algae", chloroplasts | |
For identification | Current | CHROMISTA | algae | |
For identification | Current | RHODOPHYTA | red seaweeds | Plantae |
For identification | Current | CHAROPHYTA | stoneworts, desmids, charaphytes etc, charophytes | Plantae |
For identification | Current | CHLOROPHYTA | green algae | Plantae |
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