Waterplants in Australia: a field guide 4th edition By Geoff Sainty and Surrey Jacobs Published in 2003 by Sainty and Associates, colour, hard cover, 416 pages Price $A71.50 plus $A12 postage within Australia [up to 3 kg], overseas postage please request a quote ISBN 0958105510 or ISBN 9780958105514

This expanded edition of Waterplants in Australia is essential for wetland enthusiasts. It now contains information on 150 waterplants plus chapters on charophytes, willows and stormwater management. There is also a major contribution on blue-green algae by Gary Jones and Philip Orr of the CSIRO Division of Water Resources.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• How to use this book
• Collection for identification
• Aquatic plant management
• Introductions and invasions
• Vulnerable aquatic plants
• Pictorial key
• Plant descriptions (pages 2-289)
• Classification of Australian wetlands
• Bloom-forming blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria)
• Charophytes
• Willows
• Waterplants - use and abuse
• Wetlands for stormwater management: water, vegetation and mosquitoes - a recipe for concern
• Index