Marine plants of Australia By John M. Huisman Published in 2000 by University of Western Australia Press in association with Australian Biological Resources Study, colour, hard cover, 300 pages Price $A82.50 plus $A12 postage within Australia [up to 3 kg], overseas postage please request a quote ISBN 1876268336 or ISBN 9781876268336

Marine Plants of Australia illustrates over 300 species of Australia's underwater plant life, mostly using underwater photographs that reveal the amazing colours and intricate patterns found in this largely unknown realm of life. The book is fully referenced and will be an invaluable identification guide for scientists, teachers and anyone interested in the natural world.

About the author

John Huisman graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne in 1985 and has spent many years since then photographing and studying the marine plants of his adopted home, Western Australia. He has published numerous scientific papers and has served for several years as President of the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany. At present he is a research fellow at Murdoch University. Marine plants of Australia has been his labour of love for many years, combining his enthusiasm for phycology (the study of algae) and for underwater photography.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Introduction
• How to use this book
• History of marine botany in Western Australia
• Uses of marine plants
• Collecting and displaying
• Synopsis of divisions, classes, orders, families and genera
• Systematic section (pages 23-283)
• Appendix: descriptions of new species
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Taxonomic index