Intertidal Invertebrates of California [Hardcover]

Robert Harding Morris (Author), Donald P. Abbott (Author), Eugene C. Haderlie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1980

Includes 200 pages of color plates.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 690 pages
• Publisher: Stanford University Press; First Edition edition (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804710457
• ISBN-13: 978-0804710459
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #811,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Zoology > Invertebrates

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive compilation, May 3, 2000

By 

Alan R. Holyoak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intertidal Invertebrates of California (Hardcover)

This book, though having a publication year of 1980, is still absolutely the best compilation of information about invertebrate animals that are found along the California coast. Many of the animals included in the book have geographic ranges that extend well to the north and the south of California, so this book is useful to anyone who lives, visits, or works along the west coast of North America.

This is not a book of taxonomic keys, like Light's Manual. It is, rather, a book that provides a summary of the biology and ecology of invertebrates of the west coast. The authors provide lists of the best research literature for each animal (up through 1980), as well as photographs and line drawings that show what the animals look like.

This is not a field book, per se, but copies of this book are found on the shelves of most marine biological laboratories in the world, and on the shelves of most invertebrate zoologists who have visited the west coast of the USA.

A professor of mine once said, "That is a 'big boy' book." And, as books on invertebrates go, he is right.

This book is well worth the price!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Comprehensive book on Invertebrates, March 30, 2000

By 

Sumon Ahmed (California, U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intertidal Invertebrates of California (Hardcover)

Intertidal Invertebrates of California is one of the well written book on the invertebrates that live off the cost of California. The picture of the invertebrates are amazing along with the through explanation of them. If you are a person who wants to know about marine life, you will love this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on Marine invertebrates, February 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Intertidal Invertebrates of California (Hardcover)

This book has very nice color pictures of the animals. It is not just a reference book. It has more detail about the Invertebrates (distinctive characters, range, habitat, life history, interactions with other species, economic importance ...etc.) It really fulfills the curiosity of the person who is interested in the marine invertebrates.