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Format:

Book

Author:

Kaplan, Eugene H. (Eugene Herbert), 1932-

Title:

A field guide to coral reefs : Caribbean and Florida / Eugene H. Kaplan ; drawings by Susan L. Kaplan.

Publisher, Date:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1982]

Description:

xv, 289 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 19 cm

Summary:

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. -- From publisher's description.

Series:

Peterson field guide series ; 27

Peterson field guide series ; 27.

Subjects:

Coral reef animals -- Caribbean Area -- Identification.

Coral reef animals -- Florida -- Identification.

Coral reef ecology -- Caribbean Area.

Coral reef ecology -- Florida.

Other Author:

National Audubon Society.

National Wildlife Federation.

Roger Tory Peterson Institute.

Other Title:

Field guide to coral reefs of the Caribbean and Florida

Coral reefs

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: A field guide to coral reefs of the Carribean and Florida. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1982.

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index.

Contents:

Editor's note -- Preface -- About this book -- The fringing reef -- The bank/barrier reef and lagoon -- Jellyfish, comb jellies, sea anemones and corals -- Origin of the coral reef -- Sponges -- Segmented worms -- Mullusks -- Shrimps, lobsters, and crabs -- Echinoderms -- Fishes -- Intimate relationships on the reef -- Dangerous marine animals.

ISBN:

0618002111

9780618002115

0395316618

Other Number:

47263143

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

110793

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# System items in:

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Call Number:

578.7789 Kaplan