Coral Sea Reef Guide

Author : Ewald Lieske,Robert F. Myers,Klaus E. Fiedler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Coral reef animals
ISBN : 0007159862

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Coral Reef Guide by Ewald Lieske,Robert F. Myers,Klaus E. Fiedler Pdf

The definitive guide to the underwater life of the Red Sea region, home to the richest and most varied dive sites in the world. Visited by over a quarter of a million divers a year the Red Sea is home to many of the world's most popular dive sites. Covering jellyfish, corals, nudibranchs, starfish, sea urchins, fishes and turtles, Coral Reef Guide Red Sea covers all common species of underwater life of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, you are likely to see while diving or snorkelling. Each species is illustrated with a full-colour photograph and the text gives details of range and characteristic behaviour. Different species groups are represented by icons for easy reference and an illustration of the juvenile may also be included. A map of good dive sites appears on the inside front cover, while the inside back cover features illustrations of a number of common species for quick and easy identification.

Author : Carl Roessler
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822016256844

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Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Australia, Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef by Carl Roessler Pdf

Author : Peter Sayre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0648582116

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Australia's Coral Sea Islands & Marine Park by Peter Sayre Pdf

Written as a guide to the islands and reefs of the Australian Coral Sea. This book contains 32 maps and 173 colour photos, including aerial and underwater photography. There are G.P.S. positions of reefs, anchorages, wrecks and dive sites. This information packed book also describes in detail every island, cay and reef within Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park, making it a must for every mariner wishing to explore. The description and stories of 93 shipwrecks will send your mind back to a time when ships of timber powered by the wind, were smashed upon uncharted reefs. The author has spent a lifetime exploring the forgotten islands of Australia's Coral Sea and presented it in a brilliant publication that is fully referenced, informative and entertaining.

Author : John E. Randall,Gerald Robert Allen,Roger C. Steene
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0824818954

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Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Revised and Expanded Edition by John E. Randall,Gerald Robert Allen,Roger C. Steene Pdf

This is a long-overdue revision and expansion of what has become a classic book in marine literature. This lavishly illustrated volume provides exhaustive coverage of more than 90 percent of the region's reef fishes. Every species is thoroughly illustrated, including photographs of the juvenile, female and male in species that vary in appearance during their development. Besides the wide array of underwater and diagnostic laboratory photographs, the book also contains seven plates painted by the talented natural-history artist Roger Swainston. With an additional 32 pages and 90 photos (covering 60 new species in all), this revised and expanded edition will enable even a beginning layman to identify most of the region's reef fishes. Divers, anglers, underwater naturalists and professional biologists are equally catered to.

Author : Ewald Lieske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0007741731

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Coral Reef Guide by Ewald Lieske Pdf

Author : John E. Randall,Gerald R. Allen,Roger C. Steene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Coral reef animals
ISBN : 1863330127

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Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea by John E. Randall,Gerald R. Allen,Roger C. Steene Pdf

First published in the US in 1990 by University of Hawaii Press, this lavishly illustrated guide identifies 1111 species of fish of the Great Barrier Reef. Provides a pictorial guide to families followed by a detailed description of each species and information about its distribution and habitat. Includes a regional map, a glossary and an index.

Author : Andrey Ryanskiy
Publisher : Andrey Ryanskiy
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9785604204917

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Nudibranchs of the Coral Triangle by Andrey Ryanskiy Pdf

Nudibranchs of the Coral Triangle became the only guide to nudibranchs on the market with an up-to-date 2022 taxonomy after its major update (November 2022) This book is a field guide, an assistant for the identification of nudibranchs species in the region. It is designed for divers, underwater photographers. The book presents 1060+ species nudibranchs that can be found and photographed in depths and regions accessible to recreational diving. Photographs, showing color variations and age differences are included. A lot of species covered by this guide have never before appeared in field guides or popular books. Compact text blocks provide information about Common name, Latin name, family, geographic distribution, size, and the most distinctive features. An extensive photo index at the beginning of the book helps you to find the right group of nudibranchs, especially for readers who have not yet mastered their names. Nudibranchs or sea slugs occur throughout the world’s oceans and are present in many marine habitats. The greatest diversity of species is found in the Indo-Pacific tropics with a concentration of species within the Coral Triangle (CT), encompassing the waters of six Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia, Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands. This global epicenter of marine biodiversity covers only 1.6 percent of the planet’s oceanic area, but attracts an increasing number of divers and underwater photographers, including nudibranch lovers.

Author : Nigel Marsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04
Category : Coral Sea
ISBN : 1921517808

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Coral Wonderland by Nigel Marsh Pdf

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef system in the world. Stretching over 2300km along the Queensland coast it would take several lifetimes to explore every one of its 3000 reefs. To assist divers looking for the best of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Reefs this guide book lists the most iconic dive sites and dive destinations in this coral wonderland. This wonderful guide book details over 170 of the best dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef and beyond to the remote Coral Sea Reefs. Information is provided on marine life, depths, terrain, diving conditions, best time to visit and a list of dive operators. Extra features are included on shipwrecks, unique marine life and other information that the reader will find invaluable to explore this natural wonder of the world. Filled with beautiful photographs this book will inspire the diver and the non-diver to strap on a mask and head down-under, to explore this amazing coral wonderland

Author : Paddy Ryan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0824816056

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The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef by Paddy Ryan Pdf

"This book with its easy-to-follow chapter "Learning to Snorkel" is ideal for the novice on the coral reef. It is also an invaluable resource for the more experienced snorkeller. Subsequent chapters deal with the coral animals and reef structure, the plants, worms, mollusks, echinoderms, crustacea, fishes, and reptiles. First aid and photographic hints are also covered. The more than 200 color photographs have substantial captions detailing unusual or interesting features of the plant and animal life of the reef ecosystem. Looking at the book's gorgeous photos of fantastic coral formations and exotic sea creatures will be enough to lure you into the water with a mask and snorkel... Valuable to ocean lovers anywhere." --Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Author : Eugene Herbert Kaplan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0618002111

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A Field Guide to Coral Reefs by Eugene Herbert Kaplan 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.

Author : Bob Halstead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Coral reef animals
ISBN : UCSD:31822028777357

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Coral Sea Reef Guide by Bob Halstead Pdf

Author : Helmut Debelius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Coral reef animals
ISBN : UCSD:31822027920313

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Indian Ocean Reef Guide by Helmut Debelius Pdf

Author : Peter Sayre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0648582108

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Australia's Coral Sea Islands and Marine Park by Peter Sayre Pdf

Australia's Coral Sea Islands & Marine Park is a reference guide to the Islands and reefs of the Australian Coral Sea. 163 pages with 32 maps and 173 colour photos that include aerial and underwater photography. This information-packed book includes anchorages and details of every island, cay and reef within The Austrian Coral Sea Marine Park. The description and stories of 93 Ship Wrecks. Included are GPS positions of reefs, anchorages & wrecks. The Author has spent a lifetime exploring the Coral Sea and presented it in a brilliant publication that is fully referenced, informative and entertaining.

Author : Ewald Lieske,Robert F. Myers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-09
Category : Coral reef fishes
ISBN : 0691004811

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Coral Reef Fishes by Ewald Lieske,Robert F. Myers Pdf

This a handy guide to all fishes that are likely to be observed by anybody visiting or diving on the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific and the western Atlantic Oceans to a depth of sixty meters.

Author : Dennis King
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781775841388

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The Reef Guide by Dennis King Pdf

The Reef Guide documents some 800 reef fishes and invertebrates found along the east and south coasts of southern Africa. Following on the success of Dennis King’s earlier two titles, this impressive new guide features 578 species of fish and includes sections on anemones, starfish, snails, crabs and shrimps. Full-colour photographs and descriptive text for each species, along with useful and interesting information,make for easy identification. While focusing on southern Africa, the book is also applicable to the entire east coast of Africa, as well as the islands of the western Indian Ocean – Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, the Comoros and the Maldives. Indispensable for divers, snorkelers and rock-pool enthusiasts, as well as fishermen and marine aquarists.