Book to Identify Marine Life?
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RonFrank
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The plastic cards are best for travel.
http://www.amazon.com/Submersible-Pocket-Scuba-Snorkelers-Fishermen/dp/B006NTN6XU/ref=pd_sim_sg_4
These are part of the set by Paul Humann.
Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas Including Marine Plants
http://www.amazon.com/Submersible-Pocket-Scuba-Snorkelers-Fishermen/dp/B006NTN6XU/ref=pd_sim_sg_4
These are part of the set by Paul Humann.
Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas Including Marine Plants
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+1 for the Humann books. Or for travel, the Reef Fish ID DVD.
Many dive ops and lodgings will have copies of the books to share, if you ask. If you already have arrangements made, you might email or call and ask if they do have the Humann books to loan. Then you could check out the books and decide for yourself.
The books are heavy to haul around...
Many dive ops and lodgings will have copies of the books to share, if you ask. If you already have arrangements made, you might email or call and ask if they do have the Humann books to loan. Then you could check out the books and decide for yourself.
The books are heavy to haul around...
Reef Fish Identification Books by New World Publications
Here is a link to the 3 books that I have. I just have the caribbean version, fish, creatures and coral.
1+ on the heavy to haul around. They are very heavy. I also bought an app for my iPhone that has limited id from the audubon society. It helps and is easier to take with on a trip.
There's an ap for that.
Here is a link to the 3 books that I have. I just have the caribbean version, fish, creatures and coral.
1+ on the heavy to haul around. They are very heavy. I also bought an app for my iPhone that has limited id from the audubon society. It helps and is easier to take with on a trip.
There's an ap for that.
PatW
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Like everyone else, I highly recommend Deloach. The DVD is a really good option because you can travel with it. Also, I know my way around field guides having trained as a field biologist. For Carribean reef fishes, nothing else comes close.
trigfunctions
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The Humann and DeLoach books are the best for detailed information in an easy to use format.
Caribbean & N. Atlantic ID Guides | Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
For a small, more portable guide, check out the Guide to Corals and Fishes by Greenberg. You can even buy a waterproof pocket version and take it on boats or underwater - I have and it's great.
Books on Underwater subjects by Seahawk Press, Jerry Idaz and Michael Greenberg.
Caribbean & N. Atlantic ID Guides | Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
For a small, more portable guide, check out the Guide to Corals and Fishes by Greenberg. You can even buy a waterproof pocket version and take it on boats or underwater - I have and it's great.
Books on Underwater subjects by Seahawk Press, Jerry Idaz and Michael Greenberg.
mntlblok
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Coincidentally, I just opened my little mailer from Amazon.com containing my brand new used copy of "Divers and Snorkelers Guide to the Fishes and Sea Life of the Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda" by F. Joseph Stokes, illustrated by Charlotte Stokes.
Being already in possession of Humann and DeLoach, I really wasn't looking for any other sources, but an acquaitance of mine - the local bigwig Ph.D. of our N.O.A.A. installation here on Skidaway Island - told me that his favorite is the aforementioned, even though it has illustrations rather than photos. Seeing as how a used copy, in excellent condition, went for two bucks, I gave it a go.
As I thumb through it, I see that more species of each category of fishie are in there, and many more fishies per page, and it is small and weighs almost nothing, in spite of being hard covered. It has an interesting "notes" section, and the non-fish illustrations on the pages have numbers associated with them that correlate with numbered descriptions in the back of the book.
For a book I'd never heard of, I'm already impressed.
Kevin
Being already in possession of Humann and DeLoach, I really wasn't looking for any other sources, but an acquaitance of mine - the local bigwig Ph.D. of our N.O.A.A. installation here on Skidaway Island - told me that his favorite is the aforementioned, even though it has illustrations rather than photos. Seeing as how a used copy, in excellent condition, went for two bucks, I gave it a go.
As I thumb through it, I see that more species of each category of fishie are in there, and many more fishies per page, and it is small and weighs almost nothing, in spite of being hard covered. It has an interesting "notes" section, and the non-fish illustrations on the pages have numbers associated with them that correlate with numbered descriptions in the back of the book.
For a book I'd never heard of, I'm already impressed.
Kevin
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