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Marine life of the Pacific Northwest : a photographic encyclopedia of invertebrates, seaweeds and selected fishes
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Marine life of the Pacific Northwest : a photographic encyclopedia of invertebrates, seaweeds and selected fishes

Author: Andrew Lamb; Bernard P Hanby
Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub., ©2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Over 25 years in the making, Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds and Selected Fishes is the most comprehensive photographic reference on Northwest marine life ever produced. With over 1,700 colour photographs of over 1,400 saltwater plants and animals, it is an essential addition to any natural history library. It is designed to allow the reader to recognize
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Genre/Form: Pictorial works
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Lamb, Andrew, 1947-
Marine life of the Pacific Northwest.
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub., c2005
(OCoLC)704333281
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew Lamb; Bernard P Hanby
ISBN: 1550173618 9781550173611
OCLC Number: 60739510
Description: 398 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Contents: Seagrasses and seaweeds. Flowering plants ; Marine algae --
Invertebrates. Sponges ; Sea anemones, corals, hydroids, hydrocorals, jellies and others ; Worms ; Phoronids, moss animals, nodding heads, lampshells ; Chitons, bivalves, univalves, bubble shells, nudibranchs, tuskshells, octopus and squid ; Shrimps, crabs, hermits, barnacles, sea fleas, sea spiders and others ; Sea stars, brittle stars, feather stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers ; Tunicates, salps, acorn worms and others --
Vertebrates. Selected fishes ; Garter snake.
Responsibility: Andy Lamb and Bernard P. Hanby ; seaweed and annelid worm sections in collaboration with Michael W. Hawkes and Shelia C. Byers respectively ; photography by Bernard P. Hanby.

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Designed as a photographic reference on Northwest marine life, this title includes over 1,700 color photos of over 1,400 saltwater plants and animals. Each species is identified by photographs, with  Read more...
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"It's unlikely that a diver, beachcomber, or intertidal explorer in the Pacific Northwest will find a marine plant or animal that is not covered in this work." Read more...

 
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This photographic encyclopedia of invertebrates, seaweeds and select fish is a comprehensive visual reference on Northwest marine life. More than 1,700 color photographs of 1,400 plus saltwater animals and plants grace its pages. This encyclopedia is a necessity for serious biologists, but wonderful...
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