Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition

Author Biography

Francis Bunker is a marine biologist, diver and photographer with a passion for seaweeds and communicating his subject to others. Francis taught field studies at Orielton Field Centre in Pembrokeshire in the 1980s and led the local diving club to do marine biology surveys around Skomer which helped ii achieve MNR (now MCZ) status. During this time, he met his co-authors and they have remained friends and colleagues ever since.  Francis formed his environmental consultancy Marineseen in 1989 and has written hundreds of reports and contributed to several published works, diving all around the UK and various far flung corners of the world when opportunities arise.Juliet Brodie is a research leader in phycology at the Natural History Museum, London, specialising in the taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity and conservation of seaweeds. She studied red seaweeds for her PhD, supervised by Prof. Michael Guiry, at Galway University, Ireland, where she holds an adjunct Professorship. She is a specialist in Porphyra, red seaweed eaten around the world (e.g. laver bread in Wales and nori -- the wrapping in sushi).  She initiated the Big Seaweed Search www.nhm.ac.uk/ take-part/citizen-science/big-seaweed-search.html which you can join in. Juliet is currently President of the International Phycological Society.Christine Maggs has been interested in seaweeds since childhood. During her degree in Botany, she had a work placement on seaweeds in the Natural History Museum, London, and went on a scientific diving expedition to Brazil.  She was appointed as lecturer in marine biology at Queen's University Belfast in 1995 and became Professor of Phycology in 2004. She has published over 120 peer-reviewed scientific papers and co-authored two books in the Seaweeds of the British Isles series. Christine and Juliet are joint Editors-in-Chief of the European Journal of Phycology.Anne Bunker was inspired to follow a career in marine biology by family trips to the seaside and an A-level field trip to Kilve Court in Somerset. She now lives beside the tidal Pembroke River and some wonderful seashores where she enjoys studying seaweeds in her spare time. Anne taught marine ecology to students at Orielton Field Centre before joining the Countryside Council for Wales as part of its intertidal survey team. She is currently a Marine Conservation Officer for Natural Resources Wales.