A field guide to crustaceans of Galapagos [Spiral-bound]

Cleveland P. Hickman Jr. (Author), Todd L. Zimmerman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2000

This third field guide in the Galapagos Marine Life Series describes and illustrates with color photographs 184 shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and barnacles from the Galapagos Islands. Most appear in living color for the first time in any publication. The result of eight years research by the authors. This comprehensive treatment continues the highly respected standard for previous volumes in the series.

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About the Author

Cleveland P. Hickman, Jr. has been conducting research on Galápagos marine invertebrates for more than 20 years. He lives in Lexington, Virginia where he taught zoology and animal physiology and continues research at Washington & Lee University. He is the author of three textbooks of zoology. He received his Ph.D in comparative physiology from the University of British Columbia

Todd L. Zimmerman holds Masters degrees in marine biology and is currently a doctoral candidate at UCLA. He works extensively with the Allan Hancock crustacean collections and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His past and ongoing research includes crustacean ecology, biogeography and taxonomy, focusing on the island faunas of Cocos and the Galápagos in the eastern Pacific, and the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 156 pages
• Publisher: Sugar Spring Press (December 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966493230
• ISBN-13: 978-0966493238
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)