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Title: The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef: From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean by Paddy Ryan, Peter Atkinson ISBN: 0-8248-1605-6 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Book, But.....
Comment: Great book if you are doing a reef study and need to identify the correct names for all the creaters. Great photo's and helpful hints on purchasing equipment, but for the average weekend or resort snorkeller it can get boring to read. However, the book is worth having.
Rating: 4
Summary: A valuable acquisition for the South Pacific diver
Comment: Before my recent dive trip to Fiji I looked for a good fish ID book for the area (one with photos, not paintings) and came up short. It doesn't seem like anyone has done a comprehensive reference for this area comparable to Humann's works on the Caribbean.
However, I did find Paddy Ryan's fine volume in the lending library at the resort where I was staying. To my surprise, I find it to be much more than the typical, superficial "snorkeler's guide." It's a small but beautifully produced volume with excellent photography and a well-written text. It's a good balance of photos to help identify the most common South Pacific reef fish combined with informative text on the behavior and biology of reef fish, other vertebrates, and invertebrates.
I didn't buy a copy when I had a chance in a local shop, and I regretted it on the long flight home. I'm buying my personal copy as soon as I finish writing this. Take my word for it, for snorkelers, novice divers! , or serious divers, this is money well spent!
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Title: Coral Reef Fishes : Indo-Pacific and Caribbean by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers ISBN: 0691089957 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Marine Life of the Pacific and Indian Oceans by George, Phd Allen, Roger Steene, Rudie Kuiter, Mark Strickland, Burt Jones, Maurine Shimlock, Fiona Nichols, Michael Stachels, Gerald Allen ISBN: 9625939482 Publisher: Periplus Editions Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Reference Map of Oceania: The Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia by James A. Bier ISBN: 0824816870 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Moon Handbooks South Pacific (7th Ed.) by David Stanley ISBN: 1566911729 Publisher: Moon Travel Handbooks Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Happy Isles of Oceania : Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux ISBN: 0449908585 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 19 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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