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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824771603321

Autore

Bellinger E. G

Titolo

Freshwater algae : identification and use as bioindicators / / Edward G. Bellinger and David C. Sigee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010

ISBN

1-119-96432-6

1-282-68543-0

9786612685439

0-470-68955-2

0-470-68956-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Classificazione

WL 2010

Altri autori (Persone)

SigeeD. C

Disciplina

579.8176

Soggetti

Freshwater algae

Freshwater algae - Ecology

Indicators (Biology)

Water quality biological assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Freshwater Algae; Contents; Preface; Copyright Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to Freshwater Algae; 2 Sampling, Biomass Estimation and Counts of Freshwater Algae; 3 Algae as Bioindicators; 4 A Key to the More Frequently Occurring Freshwater Algae; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Freshwater Algae: Identification and Use as Bioindicators provides a comprehensive guide to temperate freshwater algae, with additional information on key species in relation to environmental characteristics and implications for aquatic management. The book uniquely combines practical material on techniques and water quality management with basic algal taxonomy and the role of algae as bioindicators.  Freshwater Algae: Identification and Use as Bioindicators is divided into two parts. Part I describes techniques for the sampling, measuring and observation of algae and then look