AlgaeVision

Mature colony of the water net (Hydrodictyon) and a small developing colony within it

Feathery colony of the foetid-smelling Hydrurus foetidus

Mature and daughter colonies of Volvox from the database

Sheaths with striations and trichomes of the blue-green alga Scytonema

An anaglyph (3D) photo of the bearded stonewort (Chara canescens)

Two photos of the desmid Xanthidium fasciculatum at different depths of focus

Front, side and apical view of the desmid Cosmarium nasutum

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AlgaeVision is a database and virtual collection of images of freshwater and terrestrial algae collected in Britain and Ireland.

It also includes species from slightly brackish water and some marine blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), but diatoms are not included. The only colourless forms included are dinoflagellates (Dinophyta).

The database is designed to be used in conjunction with the second edition of The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. The volume was the outcome of a collaboration between The British Phycological Society and the Natural History Museum.

Citing AlgaeVision

Please cite the AlgaeVision website as follows:

Carter CF, John DM, Wilbraham J (2016) AlgaeVision: Virtual Collection of Freshwater Algae from the British Isles. Version II. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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