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Susan Carty - Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America - 9780801451768 - V9780801451768
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Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America

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Description for Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 266, 73 maps, 69 black & white line drawings, 116 black & white halftones, 8 colour plate. BIC Classification: PSPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.

Dinoflagellates are common unicellular organisms found in all types of aquatic ecosystems and are important contributors to freshwater ecosystems as significant primary producers of biomass. Despite increasing interest in the biology of living and fossil dinoflagellates, there has been no compilation of dinoflagellate species found in North America since 1934, and no keys to species.

In Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America, Susan Carty provides a much-needed taxonomic guide covering Canada, the United States, Mexico, all of Central America, the Caribbean, and Greenland. Features of the book include
• identification of dinoflagellate species,
• distribution maps of species,... Read more

Following an introductory section on the biology, morphology, and ecology of freshwater dinoflagellates, the species are presented in a field guide format with distribution maps, written descriptions emphasizing notable features, line drawings, and black-and-white and color micrographs.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801451768
SKU
V9780801451768
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About Susan Carty
Susan Carty is Professor of Biology at Heidelberg University.

Reviews for Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America
"Freshwater Dinoflagellates of North America features excellent coverage of the literature, geographic regions of the continent, and types of habitat in which dinoflagellates are found. It is likely to be the first book sought when one is examining a freshwater body and needs to identify dinoflagellates within it."
Robert Sheath, California State University San Marcosco, author of Freshwater Algae ... Read more Show Less

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