With more than 500 species described and more than 400 illustrations, this guide provides quick and easy visual identification of fishes, mollusks, sponges, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and much more of the fauna found on the coral reefs of the Caribbean and Florida.
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Eugene H. Kaplan is a professor of biology at Hofstra University and the founder and director of the Hofstra University Marine Laboratory, St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica. He is the author of A Field Guide to Coral Reefs in the Peterson Series.
Susan L. Kaplan is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as illustrator titles including: Peterson Field Guides: Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores.
Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world"s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.
Susan L. Kaplan is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as illustrator titles including: Peterson Field Guides: Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores.
Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world"s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's a hard guide to write,
By Currahee (South Mississippi) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Field Guide to Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida (Peterson Field Guide) (Paperback)
I would feel confident recommending any of Peterson's field guides including "Coral Reefs." Many field guides simply discuss a single group of animals or plants. However Kaplan has succeeded in producing a pocket book explaining the most diverse habitats on earth. He writes from a broad knowledge base covering many topics important to coral reef watchers or biologists. Frequently he injects wit and humor into what might have been a dry text. He manages to hit on most groups of animals and uses many types of illustrations to allow the reader to identify and sort out the great number and types of animals that they will see on any coral reef within the area discussed.I am new to this book but have used quite a few field guides in my day. Now I can't wait to visit the reefs again, armed with my new education.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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lacking color photos,
By Maria Hammock (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Field Guide to Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida (Peterson Field Guide) (Paperback)
I like most peterson books, however this one is just as knowledgable, but I bought the book hopeing to see color plates of corals, which it did not have. It had mostly color plates of starfish, sponges, sea buscuits, other animal life. I was disappointed in that, but as most of their books have, a nice description on how to identify it. It does seperate out the different types of corals, such as brain coral, then different subspecies (depressed, common, sharp hilled) but NO good pictures. It tells depth circumferance and valley, color, nice descriptions. It does have some black & white photos of coral, but it really does not help much.
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida (Peterson Field Guide) (Paperback)
This is the ideal compact book for any diver or snorkeller travelling to the Caribbean who has any interest in the natural history of the area. Eugene Kaplan was for many years the director of the Hofstra University Marine Lab and the book reflects both his decades of field experience and his natural enthusiasm and ability to teach. His other book "Seashores" is the ideal companion.
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The ultimate biological experience to those of us accustomed to air-conditioned, glass-enclosed apartments, offices, and classrooms is the sense of total involvement in another world that comes from being among the myriad colors and shapes of the coral reef. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aboral arm plates, palmata zone, podial scales, buttress zone, knobby candelabrum, peltate tentacles, radial shields, boulder coral, cactus coral, deep fore reef, mesenterial filaments, colonial anemones, oral disk, lettuce corals, aboral surface, rubble zone, flagellated chambers, porous coral, gastrovascular cavity, pointed warts, loggerhead sponge, rear zone, tentacular crown, coral crevices, cleaning shrimp Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Turtle Grass, Boulder Coral, Elkhorn Coral, Staghorn Coral, West Indies, Long-spined Black Urchin, Crenelated Fire Coral, Donkey Dung, Ringed Anemone, Florida Keys, Red Finger Sponge, Round Starlet Coral, Sea Egg, Class Anthozoa, Sea Pussy, Common Bushy Soft Coral, Deadman's Fingers, Fire Sponge, Flamingo Tongue, Large Grooved Brain Coral, Red Boring Sponge, Tan Lettuce-leaf Coral, Large Flower Coral, North Carolina, Red Rock Urchin New!
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The ultimate biological experience to those of us accustomed to air-conditioned, glass-enclosed apartments, offices, and classrooms is the sense of total involvement in another world that comes from being among the myriad colors and shapes of the coral reef. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aboral arm plates, palmata zone, podial scales, buttress zone, knobby candelabrum, peltate tentacles, radial shields, boulder coral, cactus coral, deep fore reef, mesenterial filaments, colonial anemones, oral disk, lettuce corals, aboral surface, rubble zone, flagellated chambers, porous coral, gastrovascular cavity, pointed warts, loggerhead sponge, rear zone, tentacular crown, coral crevices, cleaning shrimp Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Turtle Grass, Boulder Coral, Elkhorn Coral, Staghorn Coral, West Indies, Long-spined Black Urchin, Crenelated Fire Coral, Donkey Dung, Ringed Anemone, Florida Keys, Red Finger Sponge, Round Starlet Coral, Sea Egg, Class Anthozoa, Sea Pussy, Common Bushy Soft Coral, Deadman's Fingers, Fire Sponge, Flamingo Tongue, Large Grooved Brain Coral, Red Boring Sponge, Tan Lettuce-leaf Coral, Large Flower Coral, North Carolina, Red Rock Urchin New!
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- A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies (Peterson Field Guide) by James Bond in Front Matter
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 20
- Underwater Wilderness by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach by Edward E. Ruppert in Front Matter
- Coral Reefs (First Reports: Nature) by Susan Heinrichs Gray in Front Matter
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- The Nature of the Islands: Plants & Animals of the Eastern Caribbean (Chris Doyle Guide) by Virginia Barlow in Back Matter
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