Theâ Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest

by J. Duane Sept

Book Overview

The Pacific Northwest coast is home to one of the most diverse displays of intertidal marine life in the world, including sponges, clams, snails, crabs, sea stars, sea anemones, jellies, fishes,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550172042
• ISBN13: 9781550172041
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A helpful guide-but not essential

This guide lived up to its name and was fairly useful. However, it could have used some more detail, and pictures of just the shells would have been helpful. In general, it is a good beginners book.

A perfect field guide

I highly recommend this book. It's a great first stop for identifying tide pool creatures of the Pacific Northwest (specifically Washington, Oregon, Vancouver Island, and the San Juans). If you are hoping for a simple, straightforward guide that covers a broad range of critters, this is the book for you. You can count on this guide for good pictures, both common and scientific names, and a few interesting facts about each animal (and algae).As a marine naturalist, I use this guide more than any other when I'm talking to people at the beach and have found that both adults and children find it helpful and interesting.If you're hoping for a more in-depth guide with more detailed scientific information, I recommend Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast by Kozloff (in addition to this book).