Book ID: 93024
Kingsbury, John M. and Philip Sze
Seaweeds of Cape Cod and the Islands. Second edition. 1997. 111 b/w illustr. 223 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
This copiously illustrated reference to the identification of the seaweeds specifically of Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard, and Nantucket isgenerally 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 andwhite drawings. The authors have revised the text of the first edition extensively and brought it fully up to date with the latest scientificdiscoveries.