Microscopic Life in Sphagnum

The bogland habitat, which is often threatened by peat extraction, has very great natural history value. As well as the better—known plants, dragonflies and birds, it supports a unique community of microscopic animals and plants inhabiting the leaves and crevices of Sphagnum, the moss that dominates bog vegetation. Under the microscope, a drop of water squeezed from bog moss reveals a wonderful diversity of complex and distinctive organisms.

This book makes that little—known community access...