Author | Belcher, H. & Swale, E. |
Year | 1976 |
Title | A Beginner’s Guide to Freshwater Algae |
ISBN | 0 11 881393 5 |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | A selection of genera that can be found in freshwater in Britain |
Source | 47pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
Illustrations | Stipple drawings on right hand pages |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | An introduction to freshwater algae enabling identification to genus of representative genera, by thumbing through the pictures. |
Examine | Compound Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Fresh, living algae, or preserved by adding Tincture of Iodine until the water is pale brown. |
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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