“…A first checklist (Ben Maiz et al 1988), two theses (Ben Maiz, 1986a;Gerbal, 1994) and a synthesis of the introductions of macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea (Verlaque, 1994) provided valuable information concerning the evolution of the macroalgal flora in Thau Lagoon since 1892. Using present-day taxonomy, these studies were amended and complemented by the bibliographic analysis of the following works: Huber (1892), Calvet (1905), Pavillard (1905), Sudry (1910), Hamel (1930), Hamel (1939), Valet (1958), Lauret (1967), Ville (1968), Dubois (1969), Lauret (1970), Dubois (1972), Anonymous (1980), Pérez et al (1981), Verlaque (1981), Anonymous (1982), Critchley et al (1983), Belsher et al (1984), Pérez et al (1984), Boudouresque et al (1985), Gerbal et al (1985), Lauret et al (1985), Pellegrini et al (1985), Riouall (1985), Riouall et al (1985), Ben Maiz (1986a, b), Gerbal (1986), Ben Maiz et al (1986Maiz et al ( , 1987, San Martin (1987), Verlaque and Riouall (1989), Belsher (1991), Lauret (1991), De Casabianca et al (1994), Gerbal (1994), Gerbal and Verlaque (1995), …”