A Field Guide To Coral Reefs: Caribbean And Florida (Peterson Field Guides) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
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.
Series: Peterson Field Guides
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition (September 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0618002111
ISBN-13: 978-0618002115
Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 0.6 x 7.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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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.
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.
This field guide does not meet the expectations and standards of a Peterson Field Guide. The line drawings are inaccurate and amateurish, not enough pictures, the pictures are not placed in any logical association with the material and too many black and white pictures of poor quality which makes identifying similar corrals and fish difficult. The information seems good but the organization is poor. I am sorry that for the sake of a few bucks I did not get Humann's book instead.
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