Reviews

There is a typographic mistake on page 333 of chapter 18 of the book .The species name A. corniculatum be replaced by another species name i.e. A. marina. Therefore, the sentence should read “ A. marina is the most dominant of all these species, amounting to as much as 99% of the total population.”
Thanks.
Dr. S.M. Saifullah (Author of the Chapter 18) 

This is a a bit dated now (1997) but I found it useful as an overview with a preface and great summary chapters. It would still be useful as a text if students could then use this to make an update using the more recent articles. The balance of biophysical and human sciences is refreshing and still highly appropriate. I have passed my copy onto PhD students to orientaate them to the history and key issues. The sad thing (but good for the relevance) is the lack of progress since the book was published.