Guide to UK coastal life

[peterpan]

hello all
can anyone recommend a good identification guide to UK coastal marine life?
looking for something a bit more in depth than the average collins gem type book.
cheers
pp

[Ian bitmead]

Collins also do a pocket guide to the sea shore, (it has about 4 times the gem book) 352 pages, over 3000 species. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. Mine cost £14.99.

Ian

[JimW]

hello all
can anyone recommend a good identification guide to UK coastal marine life?
looking for something a bit more in depth than the average collins gem type book.
cheers
pp
Great British Marine Animals(2nd Edition) - Paul Naylor
is a very good start.

see
BSAC Shop - Bookshop (http://www.bsac.org/page/908/marine-life.htm)

Jim:cool:

[Adam Hunt]

I have a number of identification books and would recommend Paul Naylors book for the photos but the Collins book is more comprehensive eg. Pauls book does not describe the difference between male and female 2 spotted gobies and only pictures males (females do not have pectoral spots) therefore might be misidentified as seperate species!

[tom00_uk]

Collins also do a pocket guide to the sea shore, (it has about 4 times the gem book) 352 pages, over 3000 species. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. Mine cost £14.99.

Ian

its what we use in the lab to find things out when unsure

[Mark Sydenham]

Here's a few usful websites for Marine life ID too:

www.marlin.ac.uk/

www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/index.html

web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/

www.scottishnudibranchs.co.uk/scotnud1.html

and of course:

www.seasearch.org.uk/

Enjoy! :)

Cheers,
Mark.

[tropical_shark]

Seasearch do a good identification guide! It can be found on their site the author is Chris Wood i believe! (Link in a previos post) If memory serves me right its has been compiled by divers from the seasearch dives so its an up to date guide!

[Dave Whitlow]

Seasearch do a good identification guide! It can be found on their site the author is Chris Wood i believe! (Link in a previos post) If memory serves me right its has been compiled by divers from the seasearch dives so its an up to date guide!

Updated in 2007 by Chris, and others from Seasearch, and is available from here http://www.mcsuk.org/acatalog/Marine_Conservation__Books_43.html

[hilrosepaul]

Updated in 2007 by Chris, and others from Seasearch, and is available from here http://www.mcsuk.org/acatalog/Marine_Conservation__Books_43.html

I have this one and the Great British Marine Animals. Both great books. The Seasearch one also gives an idea of scale and habitat.

On a trip to the Isle of Man this weekend, the Seasearch book was the most popular; while the Great British Marine Animals book was the most comrehensive.

[Woz]

If the Great British Marine Animals isn't comprehensive enough, I've got a copy of this:
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/512632/Marine-Fish-Invertebrates-of-Northern-Europe/Product.html
which covers lots more.

[PeteM]

If the Great British Marine Animals isn't comprehensive enough, I've got a copy of this:
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/512632/Marine-Fish-Invertebrates-of-Northern-Europe/Product.html
which covers lots more.

That's expensive
http://www.samedaybooks.co.uk/details.php?isbn=9780954406028&s=gb
http://www.bookrabbit.com/catalogue/detail/bookid/3318158

[JimW]

If the Great British Marine Animals isn't comprehensive enough, I've got a copy of this:
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/512632/Marine-Fish-Invertebrates-of-Northern-Europe/Product.html
which covers lots more.

???????????????:confused:
I thought I just said that?:confused:

and 10 squids cheaper?:o
special BSAC members price (http://www.bsac.org/page/908/marine-life.htm):rolleyes:

Jim

[Woz]

Add delivery (it's over 1kg so £7) and it's about the same.

[JimW]

Add delivery (it's over 1kg so £7) and it's about the same.
£3:rolleyes:
that's nearly a pint:eek: