Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas: 02 (Reef Set (New World)) - Softcover

Humann, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878348531 ISBN 13: 9781878348531

Publisher: New World Publications (US), 2013

Synopsis

The Reef Creature Identification book has been significantly expanded in a new 3rd Edition. The popular, user-friendly field guide, has grown to include 900 species beautifully documented with more than 1200 underwater photographs. This nearly doubles the total photos from the previous editions.

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About the Author

Paul's underwater photographs have appeared in numerous magazines including Skin Diver, Ocean Realm, Sport Diver, Rodale's Scuba Diving, National Geographic, Audubon, Natural History, National Wildlife, and Ranger Rick. An ABC sports special featured Paul introducing famed Jaws author Peter Benchley to the marine life of Galapagos. Paul has authored two large-format underwater pictorial books and co-authored, with Ned DeLoach, ten marine life field guides including the popular Reef Set trilogy, Reef Fish Identification, Reef Creature Identification and Reef Coral Identification - Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas.?? Paul's work established visual identification criteria for many marine animals. Long hours of observation, documentation, cataloguing and corresponding with dozens of taxonomic scientists were essential steps in the long process. In many instances picture/voucher specimen collection was required to make positive identifications. As a result, many of his pictures were the first ever published of living species in their natural habitat. The specimens from this work now reside in the Smithsonian's National History collection. These efforts made it possible for underwater naturalists to make valid non-impact biodiversity assessments of reef ecosystems.?

Synopsis

The book that has been relied on for a decade to identify the weird and wonderful crabs, lobsters, shrimps, jellies, sponges, tunicates and mollusks that inhabit the reefs is now 30 percent larger! This 2nd edition includes 220 new photos of beautiful shells, outrageously camouflaged crabs, a superb collection of exquisite nudibranchs and the most outrageous octopus ever discovered in the Caribbean! The scientifically updated text, illustrated with over 660 fascinating photos, is the most comprehensive and beautiful visual ID reference published for marine invertebrates of the Florida Caribbean and Bahamas region.

Edition details

• Publisher: New World Publications (US)
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1878348531
• ISBN 13: 9781878348531
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 308