Allender, Bruce M.   (fl. 1960s - 2000s)

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Bruce Allender (B.M. Allender) is an Australian marine biologist and phycologist known for his significant contributions to seaweed research, particularly in Western Australia and with works like Seaweeds of Australia, documenting marine algae through taxonomy and distribution studies, and co-authoring key papers on brown algae (Phaeophyta) from Lord Howe Island.
He collaborated with other experts, including M.N. Clayton and Bruce Fuhrer, on identifying and classifying seaweeds for identification guides. (Google AI 2025)

In 1966 he was a Prefect at Wesley College, South Perth, WA.

In 1970 he was awarded an MSc from University of Western Australia for a thesis titled; 'The ecology of the marine algae of the Swan River estuary, Western Australia'.

in 1981, when 'Seaweeds of Australia' is published, photographer Bruce Fuhrer, and text writers I.G. Christianson, M.N. Clayton, and B.M. Allender are all listed as staff at Monash University in Victoria.

His publications include:

B.M. Allender (1967) 'Preservation Techniques for Algae', The Western Australian Naturalist, Volume 10 No 4 January 1967.

Allender, B.M. (1981). 'The distribution of benthic macroflora in the Swan River estuary, Western Australia', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 64: 17-22,.

Allender B.M. & Kraft G.T., 1983. 'The marine algae of Lord Howe Island (New South Wales): the Dictyotales and Cutleriales (Phaeophyta)'. Brunonia 6: 73-130

Source: Extracted from:
Google search, AI result.
https://files.ehive.com/accounts/7363/objects/files/5ab8cc9c4a744af8abcaeaf5353248e0.pdf
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2752185/19-79.pdf
'Seaweeds of Australia' / photographs by Bruce Fuhrer ; text edited by I.G. Christianson, M.N. Clayton and B.M. Allender, Reed Publishers, 1981.
Portrait Photo: seeking photo.

Collecting localities for 'Allender, B.M.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 559 specimens