A Practical Guide To The Marine Animals Of Northeastern North America Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
At last a guide to fish as well as invertebrates with profusely illustrated keys and the most recent terminology. It is not only practical but authoritative as well
Paperback: 394 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press (March 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813523990
ISBN-13: 978-0813523996
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.9 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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I would recommend this book for anyone who is serious about tidepooling or teaching any sort of marine biology in the northeast. The dichotomous key is tricky to wrap your head around at first but once you get it, this will be invaluable. This was a required text for my undergraduate marine biology course and I have since purchased another copy to teaching use. 100% recommend this.
Leland W. Pollock's A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern North American is what I have been searching for ever since getting into inverts. For the region, I have been using Kenneth L. Gosner's Guide to Identification of Marine and Estuarine Invertebrates--Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy, but my copy is very worn, not to mention it is out of print. I have bought two copies after it was out of print, with my last one purchased for much more than the original cover price. And although esthetically pleasing and good for a second, conformational source, books such as Peterson's guides lack the minutia that I need to truly identify an invert to species. Pollock uses a tabular key system which works well with his many illustrations. It's neat that he included animals with spines, because someday I might get into them. This is a good text for an individual who wants to identify more than just shells that have been washed up onto the beech. I recommend this book.
The product was advertised as "very good" condition. I would rate it as "good." Picky, picky, I know. In any event, it was delivered quickly, and the inside was in good shape.
Great book, super detailed, a little hard to navigate but once you figure it out the book is very accurate.
Book came a little scuffed...
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