Reef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Including Marine Plants

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New World Publications, 1993 - Coral reef animals - 239 pages
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An accurate and practical source of information about corals. Maps, many color plates, basic information and appendix.

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Hydrocorals 1421
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Gorgonians 2285
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Reef Coral Identification 3rd Edition: Florida Caribbean Bahamas
Paul Humann,Ned DeLoach
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ABUNDANCE & DISTRIBUTION Abundant to common Agaricia Ahermatypic Bahamas Black Coral blades Brain Coral branchlets brown bushy Cactus Coral calyces Caribbean cave ceilings Chlorophyta Chlorophyta Green Algae clear water clumps Colony height color Common Florida Common South Florida Common to occasional commonly known continued from previous corallites Cup Coral cylindrical DEPTH distinguished encrusting Faviida FAMILY feet fire corals forma genus gray Green Algae grow HABITAT & BEHAVIOR Halimeda Holaxonia FAMILY Inhabit most reef ledge overhangs Lettuce Coral magnified examination marine microscopic examination NOTE Occasional Florida Occasional South Florida orange patch reefs PHYLUM pinnules plates Polyp Detail Polyps Extended Polyps Retracted positive identification requires protrude purple reef environments ridges rocky substrates Sargassum Sea Fan Sea Rod Sea Whip septa shaded areas shallow water Sheet Coral similar single planes species stalks Star Coral SUBORDER surface Telesto tentacles thin tips valleys VISUAL ID visual identification confirmed yellow yellow-brown zooxanthellae

About the author (1993)

Paul Humann is the author of handy aquatic books including Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas Including Marine Plants and Coastal Fish Identification: California to Alaska. Complete with full-color photographs, the books fully identify each fish, with details including size, distinctive features, habitat, and reaction to divers. Intelligently cross-referenced, these books enable the user to find specific information in a variety of ways, including by color and shape. Paul Humann spent many years as a successful lawyer in Wichita, Kans. He began photographing marine life in 1964 and was fortunate enough to have several pictures published. He left his practice in 1972 to pursue his dream. He bought a live-aboard diving cruiser and studied aquatic life for several years. He has studied and written extensively about marine life and his work has appeared in numerous publications.

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TitleReef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Including Marine Plants
Volume 3 of Reef Set: Your Eyes to the Sea, Ned DeLoach
Volume 3 of Reef set, Paul Humann
AuthorPaul Humann
EditorNed DeLoach
Photographs byNed DeLoach
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherNew World Publications, 1993
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 7, 2010
ISBN1878348035, 9781878348036
Length239 pages
  
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