Guide to the Study of Freshwater Biology

by Paul R. Needham, James G. Needham, Paul R 1902-1964 Needham

Book Overview

Facilitates the recognition of fresh-water organisms, both in the field and in the laboratory. Generic names are applied in an inclusive sense to groups of species that a beginner may recognize by external differences. This book can be used as a supplement in field biology courses in fresh-water biology, limnology, and introductory biology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070461376
• ISBN13: 9780070461376
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Guide to the Study of Fresh-Water Biology

A genuine classic used heavily by my students in ecology in several decades of teaching. A detailed glossary is usually sufficient to enable beginners to readily use the keys to identify the most readily observed and collected fresh-water plants and animals. With keys for the identification of all major groups of aquatic life from algae, major invertebrates and common fishes, this compact volume is a delight. In addition, representatives most commonly seen by students are illustrated with accurate, well-labelled line drawings. A brief essay on methods of sampling and analyzing aquatic organisms and their habitats completes this compact, useful guide. To be sure, the references, although significant in their day, are now of historical interest and more interested students and others eager to learn more about aquatic life would need to do some library search for more current work on the aquatic organims featured in this guide.