New Zealand Seaweeds

An Illustrated Guide

Wendy Nelson

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Te Papa Press
11 March 2020

Reference works; Phycology, algae & lichens; Aquaculture & fish-farming: practice & techniques

A fully revised and completely redesigned edition of the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand's unique marine algae, by the country's pre-eminent seaweed expert Wendy Nelson. Across three main sections covering green, brown and red algae, over 150 genera and 250 key species are described. Each species entry includes up-to-date information on nomenclature, type locality, morphology, habitat, distribution and notes on identification and key characteristics. New Zealand Seaweeds: An Illustrated Guide has over 500 illustrations, with each entry illustrated by either underwater or coastal photographs and supplemented by herbarium scans, microscopic photographs or reproductions of celebrated botanical artist Nancy Adams' paintings.

By: Wendy Nelson
Imprint: Te Papa Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Edition: 2nd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 990g
ISBN: 9780995113602
ISBN 10: 0995113602
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 11 March 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Introduction 7 Green algae: Chlorophyta 21 Brown algae: Ochrophyta 55 Red algae: Rhodophyta 139 Acknowledgements 327 Glossary 328 Recommended reading 332 Image credits 334 Taxonomic index 339 Index 347

Dr Wendy Nelson MNZM is currently a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland and Principal Scientist - Marine Biology at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. She specialises in marine phycology, particularly the biosystematics of macroalgae of New Zealand, with research on floristics, evolution and phylogeny, as well as ecology, and life history studies. In 2016, she won the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi Hutton Medal, awarded for outstanding work by a researcher in New Zealand in the Earth, plant and animal sciences.

Reviews for New Zealand Seaweeds: An Illustrated Guide

'Seaweed! It's awesome, and the proof is in the beautiful images collected in New Zealand Seaweeds ... Over 150 genera and 250 key species are described, with each entry illustrated by underwater photographs as well as herbarium scans, microscopic photographs and reproductions of celebrated botanical artist Nancy Adams' paintings' - Newsroom; full page illustrated review in May-June 2020 issue of NZ Geographic; author feature in Canvas, NZ Herald 28 March 2020; author feature in North & South, April 2020; author feature on RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, 9 March 2020.