A survey of the desmid flora of Assynt, West Sutherland
- Resource Type
- Authors
- D.B. Williamson
- Source
- Botanical Journal of Scotland. 48:235-279
- Subject
- Flora
Taxon
Geography
Rare species
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Archaeology
General Environmental Science
- Language
- ISSN
- 1359-4869
Summary A detailed study of the desmid flora of the area covered by the parish of Assynt, West Sutherland, has been made. Some 79 samples have been examined necessitating more than 1200 separate determinations of 291 taxa present. Amongst the desmids identified there are some extremely rare species and others newly recorded for the British Isles. The survey has shown that this sector of Sutherland is a prime area of the United Kingdom for the study of these fascinating and beautiful micro-algae.