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A KEY TO CLADOCERANS (CRUSTACEA) OF BRITISH COLUMBIA:
Families Daphniidae, Sididae, Bosminidae,Holopediidae, Leptodoridae and Polyphemidae

RESOURCES INVENTORY COMMITTEE APPROVED STANDARD


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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SPECIES INCLUDED IN THIS KEY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

KEY TO FAMILIES

Family Holopediidae

Family Sididae

Family Daphniidae

Family Bosminidae

Family Leptodoridae

Family Polyphemidae

SYNONYMIES

LITERATURE CITED

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Funding of the Resources Inventory Committee work, including the preparation of this document, is provided by the Corporate Resource Inventory Initiative (CRII) and by Forest Renewal BC (FRBC). Preliminary work of the Resources Inventory Committee was funded by the Canada-British Columbia Partnership Agreement of Forest Resource Development FRDA II.

The Resources Inventory Committee consists of representatives from various ministries and agencies of the Canadian and the British Columbia governments as well as from First Nations peoples. RIC objectives are to develop a common set of standards and procedures for the provincial resources inventories, as recommended by the Forest Resources Commission in its report “The Future of our Forests”.

For further information about the Resources Inventory Committee and its various Task Forces, please contact: Resources Inventory Committee
840 Cormorant Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1R1
Tel: (250) 920-0661
Fax: (250) 384-1841
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/risc

Aquatic Ecosystems Series

by: Gordon D. Green
Royal British Columbia Museum
Albert Loro and David Gillan

Illustrations by: Elizabeth J. Stephen


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