The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial AlgaeDavid M. John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook, Natural History Museum (London, England), British Phycological Society This Flora provides the first modern account and identification guide to more than 2200 species of freshwater algae found in the British Isles (excluding diatoms), the majority of which also have a world-wide distribution. Non-technical descriptions are supported by clear line illustrations or photographs and user-friendly keys enable the accurate identification of specimens to the level of genus or species. The accompanying CD-ROM photo catalog of more than 1000 spectacular color images of freshwater algae and their habitats provides a valuable additional reference source and identification tool. |
Contents
Distribution and ecology | 5 |
Field methods | 11 |
Classification | 20 |
Order Chroococcales | 31 |
Order Oscillatoriales | 59 |
Order Nostocales | 90 |
J F JOHN N F STEWART | 95 |
Order Stigonematales | 117 |
R MERRITT | 263 |
PHYLUM EUSTIGMATOPHYTA | 271 |
PHYLUM PHAEOPHYTA Brown Algae | 278 |
PHYLUM CHLOROPHYTA Green Algae | 287 |
Order Coleochaetales D M JOHN | 470 |
Order Ulvales I TITLEY | 479 |
Order Charales J E BRYANT and N F STEWART | 593 |
Glossary | 615 |
PHYLUM RHODOPHYTA Red Algae | 123 |
R JOHNSON | 143 |
PHYLUM EUGLENOPHYTA Euglenoids | 144 |
PHYLUM CRYPTOPHYTA Cryptomonads | 180 |
PHYLUM PYRROPHYTA Dinoflagellates | 186 |
PHYLUM RAPHIDOPHYTA | 208 |
Standard form of authors of algal names | 624 |
Sources of illustrations or material | 630 |
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The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to ... David M. John No preview available - 2002 |
The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to ... David M. John No preview available - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
absent acid akinetes algae Anagnostidis angles antheridium apex apices aplanospores aquatic asexual reproduction autospores basal Basionym blue-green bogs branches Brébisson British Isles cell wall Cells cylindrical Cells spherical chloroplast parietal chloroplasts Chodat Coenobia colonies colourless conjugation convex Cosmarium cross walls cup-shaped curved ellipsoidal end cell epiphytic Europe ex Ralfs eyespot filaments flagella flagellum freshwater genus Gomont granules habitats Hassall heterocyst hypocone irregularly isthmus Komárek Korshikov Kützing ladder-like lateral margins Lemmermann lobes long as wide longer than wide Lorica median mother cell wall mucilage mucilaginous mucilaginous envelope Nägeli narrow nutrient-poor Oedogonium oogonium ovoid plankton Plate pools pore posterior Probably cosmopolitan pyrenoid rarely recorded rows Scenedesmus semicells shaped sheath single sinus slightly sometimes species Sphagnum spindle-shaped spines Spirogyra Staurastrum straight subspherical surface Synonym Thallus thick thickened trichomes usually vacuoles vegetative cells walls smooth West et G.S.West widely distributed zoospores zygospores µm in diameter µm long µm wide
References to this book
Qualitative Procedures for Identifying Particles in Drinking Water Stephen Booth Limited preview - 2005 |