$52.00
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2020
Summary
New Zealand Seaweeds: An Illustrated Guide
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 o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780995113602 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0995113602 |
| Author: | Wendy Nelson |
| Publisher: | Te Papa Press |
| Imprint: | Te Papa Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 990g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 160mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
‘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.
About The Author
Wendy Nelson
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.
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