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	Garrett Crow is a specialist on aquatic plants of both temperate and tropics regions. He co-authored a two-volume reference,&nbsp;<em>Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America</em>&nbsp;(Crow &amp; Hellquist 2000). His work in Costa Rica since 1984 has focused on tropical aquatic plants and during a Fulbright Fellowship 1999-2000 in Costa Rica taught &ldquo;Plantas acu&aacute;ticus tropicales,&rdquo; and published a bilingual field guide&nbsp;<em>Plantas acu&aacute;ticas del Parque Nacional Palo Verde y el valle del r&iacute;o Tempisque</em>, Costa Rica (Crow 2002). He also has written up the aquatic families for the&nbsp;<em>Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica</em>.</p>
