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Web sites for taxonomy and ecology of bacteria, algae, macrophytes, plankton & benhtos invertebrates, fishes
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Guide to Planktonic Ciliates
Welcome to the Planktonic Ciliate Project on the Internet!
This is a guide to identify marine coastal ciliates (primarily from UK waters), collected during routine ecological sampling. Ciliates are an important component of marine food webs (Pierce & Turner 1992), but at present it is difficult to identify them. We address ecologists who are unfamiliar with ciliate taxonomy as well as students and amateur naturalists; we also hope to provide useful data for experts in the field. The guide focuses on Lugol's iodine fixed samples. Lugol's is a standard, relatively inexpensive, and safe method used for ciliate collection (Gifford & Caron 2000). However, an innovative approach that we use is to describe nuclear shape and position, observed in Lugol's fixed and live material, as a key feature. We do this by complementing Lugol's staining with staining by DAPI, a nuclear fluorochrome. Additionally, we include data from taxonomic-morphological studies and from ecological studies. The combination of these data should make identification of ciliates possible and help to indicate their importance in food webs. |
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The Diatom Collection of the California Academy of Sciences
This site presents taxonomic information, images, records of collections, and references pertaining to diatoms |
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Guide to the marine zooplankton of south eastern Australia
Welcome to the Guide to the Marine Zooplankton of south eastern Australia, an interactive tool providing a comprehensive, fully illustrated means of identification for the major zooplankton located in south eastern Australia. This interactive key enables rapid identification of over 50 zooplankton taxa. Also included are fact sheets covering taxonomic information, descriptions, photographs, diagrams, distribution information and ecology. |
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Simuliidae ((Diptera)
(Diptera: Simuliidae)
Information Pages of general interest to laymen and biologists |
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Protist Information Server
Protists information center
72933 images of protists and other microorganisms |
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FishReactor - Аквариуми, риби, най-актуалната информация
Сайт за акваристика, дизайн на луксозни аквариуми, големи и красиви риби за големи аквариуми |
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Copepod Web Portal
Copepod Web Portal, part of Giuseppe Peche's homepage (University of Aquilla, Italy). |
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Microbiology Video Collection
Microbiology Video Collection from the Natural History Museum, London |
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Crustaceana
International Journal of Crustacean Research |
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