Overview
Rick Harbo, one of the Pacific Northwest's leading marine writers and photographers, is back with a new addition to Harbour Publishing's popular series of pocket-sized field guides. A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Protected Waters of the Salish Sea includes the most commonly observed species in the tide pools and protected waters of the Salish Sea-that intricate network of coastal waterways spanning southern BC and northwestern Washington. Covering invertebrates, fish and seaweeds, this guide includes key identification features, fun facts and habitat, as well as seventy colour photographs. Water-resistant and compact, this guide is easy to pack on any trip to the shore and perfect for curious minds of all ages.
Full Product Details
Author: Rick M. Harbo
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Imprint: Harbour Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 9.30cm
, Height: 0.50cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.045kg
ISBN: 9781550178531
ISBN 10: 1550178539
Pages: 2
Publication Date: 26 September 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Pamphlet
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.
Reviews
""A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Protected Waters of the Salish Sea and A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Outer Coasts of the Salish Sea and Beyond are the perfect gifts for the natural history enthusiast, from novice tide-poolers to the more studious biologists and naturalists who just want to have a handy reference guide to keep in the field bag for those moments of exploration when the receding tide reveals the hidden life of the Salish Sea."" - Anna Hall, The Ormsby Review, December 20, 2019 --Anna Hall ""The Ormsby Review ""
A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Protected Waters of the Salish Sea and A Field Guide to Marine Life of the Outer Coasts of the Salish Sea and Beyond are the perfect gifts for the natural history enthusiast, from novice tide-poolers to the more studious biologists and naturalists who just want to have a handy reference guide to keep in the field bag for those moments of exploration when the receding tide reveals the hidden life of the Salish Sea. - Anna Hall, The Ormsby Review, December 20, 2019 --Anna Hall The Ormsby Review
Author Information
Rick M. Harbo, BSc, is the author of the bestselling Tidepool and Reef (Big Country Books, 1980), Shells and Shellfish of the Pacific Northwest (Harbour Publishing, 1997), Pacific Reef and Shore (Harbour Publishing, 2017) and the award-winning Whelks to Whales (Harbour Publishing, 2011). Harbo is a diver and a retired senior marine biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. He currently volunteers as a research associate with the Royal BC Museum. Harbo lives in Nanaimo, BC.
