AuthorPentecost, A.
Year1984
TitleIntroduction to Freshwater Algae
ISBN0 85546143 8
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCommon British species of freshwater algae and cyanobacteria
Source247pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Illustrations48 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)

2b should lead to 6
3a should lead to 4
The page numbers for the Chlorophyceae table on page 133 are: 135, 148, 150, 173, 178, 188, 190, 191, 192 and 197.

Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationMostly fresh material
Identification difficultyVaried. Generally, the more complicated the alga, the easier to identify.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCYANOBACTERIAcyanobacteria, blue-green "algae", chloroplasts
For identificationCurrentCHROMISTAalgae
For identificationCurrentRHODOPHYTAred seaweedsPlantae
For identificationCurrentCHAROPHYTAstoneworts, desmids, charaphytes etc, charophytesPlantae
For identificationCurrentCHLOROPHYTAgreen algaePlantae
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