AuthorBelcher, H. & Swale, E.
Year1976
TitleA Beginner’s Guide to Freshwater Algae
ISBN0 11 881393 5
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteA selection of genera that can be found in freshwater in Britain
Source47pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
IllustrationsStipple 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 PreparationFresh, living algae, or preserved by adding Tincture of Iodine until the water is pale brown.

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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