Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest [Paperback]

Eugene N. Kozloff (Author), Linda H. Price (Author)

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• Paperback: 539 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr; Rep Sub edition (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0295975628
• ISBN-13: 978-0295975627
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,505,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent set of taxonomic keys to Pac NW invertebrates, May 16, 2000

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Alan R. Holyoak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)

Kozloff and Price's set of keys is an excellent tool for collectors and scientists who need to know what they are looking at, and to be sure that they have the right name with the animal in their hand/bucket.

This 8.5" x 11' format book covers marine invertebrate phyla down to the species level for animals found from southern Oregon to the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. As such, it makes a great companion set of keys to "Light's Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast" by Smith and Carlton, and "Marine Algae of California" by Abbott and Hollenberg. That set of 3 books is a treasure for people who need good taxonomic information on nearshore marine life to support what they do along the pacific coast of North America.

Back to Kozloff's book...the book has the keys themselves, as well as supporting BW photographs and great line drawings to help the reader interpret particularly sticky parts of the keys. There are also brief occasional notes about known ranges of some animals covered, but this is not a reference book to the ecology of these animals, it is an excellent set of taxonomic keys.

The book is a reprint of a 1987 publication. As such some names of taxonomic groups have changed in the intervening 13 years. Nevertheless, this book remains the best set of keys for this region that we have.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book and good service, September 5, 2005

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Michael W. Konrad (Sausalito, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)

I was familiar with the book, after all it is a classic in its field. The book arrived in good condition and I am as happy as a clam (no pun intended).