Field Guide to Seagrasses of the Red Sea - Seagrass-Watch

Acknowledgement
I express my sincere gratitude and profound regard to the editors, Dr.
Anthony Rouphael and Dr. Ameer Abdulla for their interest, guidance,
encouragement, valuable suggestions and constructive discussion at every
stage of the guide.
My gratitude also goes to Professor Moustafa Fouda and Dr. Mahmoud
Hanafy for their technical assistance and encouragement. My thanks to my
colleague and friend Mr. Mohammed Negm for his keen assistance during
years of fieldwork.
I wish to thank Dr. Teresa Alcoverro (CSIC, Spain), Dr. Jent Kornelis van Dijk,
and Dr. Michelle Waycott (both from James Cook University) for taxonomic
review. Also thanks to Dr. Jent Kornelis van Dijk for providing a photograph
of Halophila decipiens.
I thank the Global Marine and Polar Program of the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for providing the technical platform,
rigorous review, and for publication of this work. Many thanks to the Total
Foundation for Biodiversity for providing the vision and financial support for
this field guide.
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