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| Measurement, Nomenclature and Taxonomy |
| American National Standard for Metric Practice (ANSI/ISEE 268-92). New York: American National Standards Institute; 1992. Includes sections on SI units and symbols, rules for SI style and usage, rules for conversion and rounding, as well as an appendix of conversion factors. May be purchased online from the ANSI website. |
| A guide to international recommendations on names and symbols for quantities and units of measurement. DA Lowe. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 1975. |
| Biological Nomenclature. 3rd ed. C. Jeffrey. New York: Cambridge University Press; 1992. A broad treatment of nomenclature in all biological fields, with particular reference to taxonomic implications. |
| The International System of Units (SI) (National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 330.) CH Page, P Vigoreux, editors. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 1972. The approved translation of the French Le Système International d'Unités. Contains the resolutions and recommendations of the General Conference on Weights and Measures on the SI, as well as recommendations for its practical use. |