One of a series of books covering the large, well-defined group of fresh water and essentially unicellular plants, belonging to the green algae. This volume describes all the Saccoderm and some of the Placoderm desmids (including Micrasterias), a total of 218 taxa. There are keys for identifying the genera and species, an annotated list of habitats, some ecological comments, a large number of literature references, and seven ecological data tables. The preface includes an account of the morphology of the desmid cell (with text figures), and a brief history of freshwater phycology in New Zealand.
- ISBN10 0477025307
- ISBN13 9780477025300
- Publish Date 31 December 1986
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 October 2008
- Publish Country NZ
- Publisher Manaaki Whenua Press
- Imprint Government Printer Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 186
- Language English