Bibliograph

Protists, algae, amoebas, plankton, and other protists, Rona Arato

Type

Label

Protists, algae, amoebas, plankton, and other protists, Rona Arato

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes an index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Protists

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

464590952

Responsibility statement

Rona Arato

Series statement

A class of their own

Sub title

algae, amoebas, plankton, and other protists

Summary

The kingdom Protista includes organisms, most of them microscopic, which have both animal and plant features. With such a diversity of life forms in this grouping, the features of this kingdom are quite varied. This intriguing book shows how this group's unusual members are generally classified according to an absence of a feature, such as the lack of complicated cell structure. Learn about such exotic organisms as algae, dinoflagellates, radiolarians, amoebae, and slime molds--all of them protists. Case histories examine the importance of plankton to the marine food chains, innovative uses of protists by humans, and the role of protists in various diseases

Table Of Contents

What are protists? -- Biology of protists -- Algae : the plant-like protists -- Protozoa : the animal-like protists -- Slime molds and other fungi-like protists

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator