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Product Description This copiously illustrated reference to the identification of the seaweeds of Cape Cod, Marthas Vinyard, and Nantucket is generally representative of the northeast American coast. Descriptions are accompanied by essays on the reproduction, classification, economics, and ecology of non-tropical marine algae. Individual algae are illustrated, as they appear in nature, in over 100 full-page black and white drawings by the noted Cape Cod artists Marcia and Edward Norman. The authors have revised the text of the first edition extensively and brought it fully up to date with the latest scientific discoveries. This easy-to-carry paperback edition is suitable for use at the seashore. Review This book will certainly help the inexperienced seaweed collector and will also be of interest to marine biologists who are not especially familiar with the northeastern seaweed flora. The illustrations are remarkable because of their ability to convey the sense or feel of the living seaweed --John J. Gaudet