Author | Guthrie, M. |
Year | 1989 |
Title | Animals of the Surface Film |
ISBN | 0 85546 271 X |
Series | Naturalists’ Handbooks |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | A general introduction to the groups of organisms involved. |
Source | Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Illustrations | line drawings an 4 colour plates |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Describes the eclectic mixture of organisms associated with the surface film in ponds and streams |
Examine | with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | as appropriate for type of organism |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification | Current | COLLEMBOLA | springtails | Animalia |
For identification | Current | COLEOPTERA | beetles | Animalia |
For identification | Current | DIPTERA | two-winged flies | Animalia |
For identification | Current | HEMIPTERA | bugs | Animalia |
For identification | Current | CHROMISTA | algae | |
For identification | Current | PROTOZOA | protists, single-celled organisms |
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