AuthorHingley, M.
Year1993
TitleMicroscopic Life in Sphagnum
ISBN0 85546 291 4
SeriesNaturalists’ Handbooks
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCovers a selection of the common species
SourceNaturalists’ Handbooks, No 20, 64pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Illustrationscopious line drawings and 4 colour plates
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Describes the eclectic mixture of organisms associated with bog mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Examine Compound Microscope ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentROTIFERArotifersAnimalia
For identificationCurrentCHROMISTAalgae
For identificationCurrentBACILLARIOPHYCEAEdiatomsChromista
For identificationCurrentSphagnumbog mossesPlantae: Sphagnales: Sphagnaceae
For identificationCurrent[Desmids]desmidsPlantae: Zygnematales
For identificationCurrentCHLOROPHYTAgreen algaePlantae
For identificationCurrentPROTOZOAprotists, single-celled organisms
For identificationCurrentTESTACEATestate amoebaeProtozoa
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