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Marine benthic algal floras are a precious commodity in these days of fiscal restraint,
publication pressures, and space-re strictive journals, and so it is a joy to behold this truly
mag nificent book. It is amazing that the authors have managed to produce such a work
within 10-13 yr of its inception, as men tioned in the preface. I have firsthand experience that
writing marine floras is a horrifically time-consuming task, and this one is so prolifically and
superbly illustrated that my defer ence is even more profound. Even though it is not stated in …