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In 1909-11 Robert Lloyd Praeger brought a team of 100 scientific specialists from all over Europe to map the flora, fauna, geology and archaeology of Clare Island, a small, exposed Atlantic island off the west coast. The gathering led to the publication of the path-breaking 'Clare Island Survey'. A century later the survey was repeated as the 'New Survey of Clare Island' (1992-2009) and both works were published extensively by the Royal Irish Academy. This sixth volume provides the most comprehensive description of Irish freshwater and terrestrial algae published to date. Clare Island is one of the few known 'hotspots' of algal diversity in the world. As a result of extensive surveying by a team of specialists, the island is now one of the most intensively worked sites in Ireland and Britain. It has an amazingly rich algal flora, encompassing well over 700 species. The volume's arresting illustrations will intrigue amateur natural historians as well as providing an important reference work for academics and professionals involved in water quality.

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Michael D. Guiry is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and Emeritus Professor of Botany at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He co-editor of New Survey of Clare Island: v. 6: Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae (2007). David M. John is a Professor and Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum, London. His research interests centre around the taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of tropical marine algae and freshwater algae. He his co-editor of New Survey of Clare Island: v. 6: Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae (2007). Fabio Rindi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. His research interests focus on systematics, evolution, ecology, reproduction and life histories of algae. The primary targets of his research are marine red and green algae and terrestrial green algae. He is co-editor of New Survey of Clare Island: v. 6: Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae (2007). T.K. McCarthy is Emeritus Doctor in the department of Zoology at the Martin Ryan Institute, NUI, Galway. He is co-editor of New Survey of Clare Island: v. 6: Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae (2007).

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