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Guide to Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
by Marty Snyderman & Clay Wiseman
284 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, paperback, 339 color photographs,
Beautifully illustrated guide to who lives where and who eats who. This comprehensive yet user-friendly volume is a layman's guide to the identification and habits of hundreds of marine animals. Much more than a fish identification book, this all-in-one guide emphasizes the most interesting aspects of the natural history of animals that range from sponges to the great whales. You will discover how animals adapt to their surroundings, how each species manages to survive, how various animals reproduce, how they capture their food, and what "bag of tricks" they employ to avoid being captured by other animals. There are chapters on the habitats of the reef, sand and rubble zones, and the wall. Included are over 300 of the authors' best color photographs, color-coded pages, frequent boxes on points of interest, photo tips, at-a-glance boxes, and the authors' personal accounts of their encounters with various animals.
Table of Contents
The Caribbean, Bahamas and Florida Marine Habitats
Life on the Reef
Life in the Sand and Rubble
Life along the Wall
Marine Life: Invertebrates, Phylum by Phylum
Classification of Marine Animals
Sponges
Corals, Sea Anemones, Jellyfishes, Portuguese Men-Of-War, and other Hydroids
Marine Worms
Bryozoans
Nudibranchs, Sea Slugs, Snails, Sea Hares, Clams, Scallops, Oysters, Mussels, Octopuses and Squids
Lobsters, Crabs, Shrimps, Barnacles, Copepods, Isopods and Amphipods
Sea Stars, Crinoids, Brittle Stars, Basket Stars Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins and Sand Dollars
Tunicates (Sea Squirts and Salps)
Marine Life: The Vertebrates, Phylum by Phylum
The World of Fishes
Rays and Sharks
Bony Fishes (Family by Family)
Sea Turtles
Marine Mammals: Manatees, Dolphins and Whales
Enjoying the Marine Environment
The Untouchables
Preserving the Marine Environment
About the Authors
Marty Snyderman is an Emmy Award-winning underwater cinematographer, film producer, photographer and author. His first film, To Be With Sharks, premiered on the Discovery Channel in 1994. Other credits include work for the PBS series Nature, Warner Brothers (Free Willy), The National Geographic Society (Sharks and Jewels of the Caribbean), CBS (Dolphins, Whales and Us), ABC, NOVA, ESPN, BBC, and numerous episodes on Wild Kingdom and the Discovery Channel. His articles and photographs appear often in diving and wildlife magazines. His books include California Marine Life, The Living Ocean, and Ocean Life. He is a major contributor to two CD-ROMS: Virtual BioPark, and Sharks! Marty also leads dive tours worldwide for See & Sea Travel. He lives in San Diego, California.
Clay Wiseman is a professional underwater photographer, a fisheries biologist, a ship's captain, and a scuba instructor with over 10,000 dives to his credit. At age 17 he joined Jean-Michel Cousteau's dive team exploring the remote atolls north of New Guinea. He has managed an oyster hatchery in New England, designed an oyster hatchery on the Chesapeake Bay, and worked as a commercial scallop diver in Maine. He joined the Aggressor Fleet in 1987, becoming a photo pro, and skipper for liveaboards in the Caymans, Belize, Turks & Caicos, Hawaii, Palau and Truk. Clay is one of the few photographers shooting medium format (6x7cm) underwater. His articles and photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, books and calendars. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.