View Full Version : Can you recommend a Marine Life Identification Book?
Sorry if this query has been posted before.
Would anyone like to recommend a book for identifying marine life in our waters please?
I'd want an idiot-proof one with nice colour piccies of the species. ;)
Dont get paul naylor great british marine animals
there is a lot missing and the photos could be better....
Lizardland
21-09-06, 15:08
If you can get hold of the American Audubon Society's Northern Fish book then it is really good. There's a lot of stuff in it that you'll never see but the northwest Atlantic isn't much different to the north-east. There are colour pics of just about everything mentioned in the book and they have a really good ID system where you can narrow down what you saw by it's profile, number of fins, etc. They do a separate "creatures" book too i.e. anything that isn't a fish.
alexmaclennan
21-09-06, 18:11
I've got Naylors book and also British Sea Fishes by Dipper. I'm sure whichever book you get will have some 'holes'/poor shots/ fish not mentioned. Not seen the book that Stuart recommended. I'll look out for that one.
alex
Lizardland
22-09-06, 00:07
I bought in New England years ago when I used to live there. I've never seen them for sale in this country. They do a whole range for different groups of wildlife.
This might be it, but there isn't much of a description so it's hard to tell:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-National-Audubon-Society-Collection/dp/0517037653/sr=8-1/qid=1158879978/ref=sr_1_1/202-6654770-5708605?ie=UTF8&s=books
diverrepair
22-09-06, 13:52
The Marine Conservation Society - Guide to Inshore Marine Life, David Erwin & Bernard Picton, pub.IMMEL, ISBN 0 907151 34 5 is a good starter. 120pp and a photo of everything in it. The photos are all diver taken so they actually look real !
Thanks again to all of you for the feedback :)
I bought in New England years ago when I used to live there. I've never seen them for sale in this country. They do a whole range for different groups of wildlife.
This might be it, but there isn't much of a description so it's hard to tell:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-National-Audubon-Society-Collection/dp/0517037653/sr=8-1/qid=1158879978/ref=sr_1_1/202-6654770-5708605?ie=UTF8&s=books
Thanks a lot, Stuart.
Could you maybe please check the ISBN number of your edition please, as I've also found this?:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audubon-Society-American-Fishes-Dolphins/dp/0394534050/sr=1-2/qid=1158933117/ref=sr_1_2/026-2228607-3404400?ie=UTF8&s=books
Also, would this be the sea creature one you referrred to?:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audubon-Society-American-Seashore-Creatures/dp/0394519930/ref=sr_11_1/026-2228607-3404400?ie=UTF8
Has anyone got any opinions on this one?
Marine Fish and Invertebrates of Northern Europe: Frank Emil Moen, Erling Svensen (http://www.marinbi.com/eng/index.htm)
I've read some good reviews of it.
O.K. This is not a book but it's a really good online guide to just about everything you'll ever come across.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/index.html
O.K. This is not a book but it's a really good online guide to just about everything you'll ever come across.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/index.html
Fantastic resource: thanks, Eddie! :)
Think I'd like to also get a book to browse through and take out & about though.
O.K. This is not a book but it's a really good online guide to just about everything you'll ever come across.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/index.html
A great site Eddie its in my favorites now...