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C. van den Hoek, Christiaan van den Hoek, David Mann, H. M. Jahns

Algae by C. van den Hoek, Christiaan van den Hoek, David Mann, H. M. Jahns takes about 11 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 11 hours 41 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1995. 637 pages, about 175,175 words.

24 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 19 hours 28 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 11 hours 41 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 7 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Algae are ubiquitous. A multitude of species, ranging from microscopic unicells to gigantic kelps, inhabit the world's oceans, freshwaters, soils, rocks and trees. To understand the basic role of algae in the global ecosystem, a reliable and modern introduction to their kaleidoscopic diversity, systematics and phylogeny is indispensable. This volume provides such an introduction.

Subjects: Algae, Algology, Microbiology (non-medical), Phycology, algae & lichens, Life Sciences - Botany, Science / Botany

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