Offshore Sea Life ID Guide (eBook)

East Coast

Steve N. G. Howell, Brian L. Sullivan (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2015
64 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7403-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Steve N.G. Howell is an international bird tour leader with WINGS and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. His other books include Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America and The Amazing World of Flyingfish (both Princeton). Brian L. Sullivan is eBird program codirector and photographic editor for Birds of North America Online at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and a coauthor of The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors (Princeton). Howell and Sullivan are the coauthors of Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast (Princeton).

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The first compact field guide to offshore sea life of the East CoastTwo-thirds of our planet lies out of sight of land, just offshore beyond the horizon. What wildlife might you see out there? This handy guide, designed for quick use on day trips off the East Coast, helps you put a name to what you find, from whales and dolphins to shearwaters, turtles, and even flying fish. Carefully crafted color plates show species as they typically appear at sea, and expert text highlights identification features. Essential for anyone heading out on a whale-watching or birding trip, this guidebook provides a handy gateway to the wonders of the ocean.Over 100 color photos and composite platesIncludes whales, dolphins, birds, sharks, turtles, flying fish, and moreAccessible and informative text reveals what to look forGreat for beginners and experts alike

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Field Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Field Guides
• Zusatzinfo: 120 color photos.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Albatross • Atlantic blue marlin • Atlantic Puffin • Atlantic spotted dolphin • Atlantic tripletail • Audubon's shearwater • AUK • basking shark • beaked whale • Bermuda petrel • billfish • blue shark • bottlenose dolphin • Cape Hatteras • Cetacea • Clymene dolphin • Common dolphin • Common minke whale • Continental Shelf • Cory's shearwater • Cuvier's beaked whale • Diving bird • Dolphin • dorsal fin • False killer whale • Fea's petrel • Filefish • fin whale • fish • Flying Fish • Gadfly petrel • Gannet • Gervais' beaked whale • Giant oceanic manta ray • Gulf of Maine • Halobates • hammerhead shark • Harbor seal • Harbour porpoise • Hawksbill sea turtle • Hirundichthys • humpback whale • Hydrozoa • killer whale • Leatherback sea turtle • loggerhead sea turtle • Mahi-mahi • Manx shearwater • Marine Biology • Marine habitats • Marine mammal • Marine reptile • Masked booby • minke whale • Mola (fish) • North Atlantic right whale • Northern fulmar • ocean • ocean sunfish • Pantropical spotted dolphin • Pelagic zone • petrel • phalarope • Physalia • pilot whale • Plankton • plumage • Porcupinefish • porpoise • Puffin • Pygmy sperm whale • razorbill • Risso's dolphin • Sabine's gull • sailfish • Sailing • sandpiper • sargassum • Scopoli's shearwater • Sea • seabed • seabird • sea turtle • Sei whale • shark • Shearwater • Sooty shearwater • sperm whale • Sphyrna • spinner dolphin • Spotted dolphin • SQUID • Striped dolphin • Submarine canyon • tern • Tropicbird • whale • Whale Shark • White marlin • White tern
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7403-3 / 1400874033
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7403-3 / 9781400874033