Description

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The definitive and expert guide to the seaweeds of New Zealand's coastal waters, New Zealand Seaweeds: An Illuistrated Guide is 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. The book 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.

About the Author

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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.

Praise For…

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"Seaweed! It's awesome, and the proof is in the beautiful images collected in New Zealand Seaweeds: An illustrated guide by Wendy Nelson, published by Te Papa. 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." —Steve Braunias, books editor at Newsroom, New Zealand

 

"A giant of biology, Wendy Nelson is one of our most distinguished scientists." —North & South, April 2020, New Zealand