"[...] this book [...] forms a useful addition to literature on mangroves. I should recommend its purchase to institutions with an interest in the fields of marine botany and estuarine biology."
- S.-A. Journal of Botany, 52:4 (1986)
"[...] comprehensive and the subject matter is laid out clearly. The text is well illustrated with photographs and diagrams which are of a high standard. Each article carries a list of references which will be useful to workers in those fields. [...] invaluable to senior students, teachers and research workers in the field of marine botany and estuarine biology [...]"
- Journal of South American Botany, 50 (1984)