Cyanophyte Library Course Bundle Information

The Intermediate: Identification of Potentially Toxic Cyanophyta is the first critical foray into cyanobacterial identification. In most accredited environments, potentially toxic species must be reliably identified to the species level. Introducing these taxa first provides an opportunity to develop the close observation and information-gathering skills required for analysis and serves as a baseline for all future taxon comparisons, keeping the potentially toxic species at the forefront of the analyst’s mind.

The Heterocystous Cyanophyta, Non-Heterocystous Cyanophyta, and Colonial Cyanophyta are designed to build on the identification skills gained in the first course, which encourage good habits and critical evaluation of morphology in microscopy and analysis to minimise errors in identification.