I am trying to study microalgal diversity (estuarine and marine species) of the algerian coast and I need the key to determining these species. What is the degree of impact of a river on marine life in the sea Mediterranean specifically?
I can recommend you our book "Benthic diatoms from Mediterranean coasts", which deals with Mediterranean marine benthic diatoms.
http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783443570514/Bibl_Diatomologica_Vol_60
Dear Fatima:
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Eugenia
I think that microalgae identification through microscope and keys is very hard without anyone experienced at hand. If you don't have anyone to help you with that until you get practice, I definitely recommend to go straight to DNA sequence. Let me know if you have questions about this.
thank you for your answers, I expected more responses from our colleagues
I found these two documents, they are very good
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/bathing/srwe1-chap8.pdf
http://www.bf.lu.lv/grozs/HidroBiologjijas/Algae_quide.pdf
there is also a very interesting website on algal species
http://www.algaebase.org/
i am not an expert at doing this but I know under the Helsinki Commission they have been doing this for a very long time for the Baltic Sea. Usually their methods are publicly available. You can even trying contacting them to ask.
Hi Fatima
You may find the following very useful.
A Taxonomic Guide to Some Common Marine Phytoplankton
By Rita A. Horner
Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification
By John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath, and James H. Thorp
Good luck!
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