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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
ISBN |
Comments |
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Barber & Haworth |
A Guide to the Morphology of the Diatom Frustrule |
FBA 44 |
0 900386 42 8 |
One of the excellent FBA series |
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Barnes, Calow & Olive |
The Invertebrates - a New Synthesis |
Blackwell Science |
0 632 03237 1 |
A beautifully illustrated book. If you were going to design an
invertebrate, this book would explain how to go about it! |
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Belcher & Swale |
A Beginner's Guide to Freshwater Algae |
HMSO |
0 11 881393 5 |
Covers a lot in its 50 pages - a useful starter |
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Belcher & Swale |
An illustrated guide to River Phytoplankton |
HMSO |
0 11 886602 8 |
Some overlap with one above but includes key in its 64 pages |
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Bracegirdle |
Notes on Modern Microscope Manufacturers |
Quekett Microscopical Club |
0 9514441 7 4 |
88 pages with variable coverage of scores of makers. Text only. |
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Bracegirdle (Ed) |
Microscopical Papers from the "Quekett" |
Quekett Microscopical Club |
0 9514441 0 7 |
24 papers from QMC's first 100 years |
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Canter-Lund & Lund |
Freshwater Algae - Their Microscopic World Explored |
Biopress |
0 948737 25 5 |
Superb photographs and descriptions of many algae |
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Clegg |
Observer's book of Pond Life |
Penguin |
1 85471 1 063 X |
Now out of print but useful introduction. |
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Clegg (Ed) |
Pond and Stream Life |
Blandford |
0 7137 0641 4 |
Translated from Danish. Similar to above. |
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Finlay, Rogerson & Cowling |
Collection, Isolation, Cultivation and Identification of Freshwater
Protozoa |
FBA |
1 871105 03 X |
78 pages with excellent diagrams and many references |
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Hartley |
The Light Microscope - Its Use and Development |
Senecio |
0 906831 05 9 |
A very readable history with many illustrations |
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Kershaw & Alvin |
Observer's Book of Lichen |
Warne |
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Handy size but out of print. Covers many UK species but with
mainly black & white pictures |
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Kinchin |
The Biology of Tardigrades |
Portland Press |
1 85578 043 7 |
186 page hard-back with extensive details and bibliography |
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Margulis & Schwartz |
Five Kingdoms, an Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth |
Freeman |
0 7167 3027 8 |
520 page paperback which takes a new look at evolution and classification.
Useful and humbling! |
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Marson |
Practical Microscopy |
NBS |
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The 17 booklets rolled into an indispensable book |
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Möllring |
Microscopy from the Very Beginning |
Carl Zeiss |
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Useful coverage of design and function of microscopes, not just
Zeiss |
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Morris |
An Introduction to the Algae |
Hutchinson University Library |
09 0807123 8 |
Detailed introduction to structure, reproduction and classification
of this vast group of organisms. Many references. |
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Nachtigall |
Exploring with the Microscope |
Sterling |
0 8069 0867 X |
160 pages of superb photographs and descriptions. Ideal for beginners
like me! |
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Oldfield |
Light Microscopy - an Illustrated Guide |
Wolfe |
0 7234 1876 4 |
This has to be my favourite guide to how microscopes work. |
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Patterson |
Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa |
Manson |
1 874545 40 5 |
Beautifully illustrated with photographs and drawings but I find
it hard to use as a key. |
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Pontin |
A Key to British Freshwater Planktonic Rotifera |
FBA |
900386 33 9 |
Identify that rotifer! |
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Purvis |
Lichens |
Natural History Museum |
0 565 09153 0 |
112pp paperback with many colour pictures describing biology
and ecological aspects of lichens. Not a guide to identifying
all species. |
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Sanderson |
Biological Microtechnique |
RMS / Bios |
1 872748 42 2 |
Aimed at the professional but with much information of interest
to the amateur |
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Wells |
The microscope Made Easy |
Warne |
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Practical guide for the amateur with many good diagrams |
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White |
Pollen, its Collection and Preparation for the Microscope |
NBS |
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Practical guide with details of collection and mounting with
a list of 12 suggested pollens to start from |
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