Identification Guides
FreshwaterLife has a comprehensive
list of identification aids to freshwater species and
is also testing some online, electronic keys.
See
list of all identification keys in FreshwaterLife.
Trial Online Keys:
Digital identification guides normally take one of two
forms: either a traditional dichotomous approach where
the key leads you through a series of questions, or a
matrix (or multi-entry) approach where the user matches
a series of character states against their specimen.
Non-specialist keys:
Specialist keys:
*ETI - Expert centre
for Taxonomic Identirication, Amsterdam
*Lucid, Centre for
Biological Information Technology, Brisbane
*FBA - Freshwater Biological
Association
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