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Marine Conservation : Books : British Marine Life

Guide to Sea Anemones & Corals of Britain & Ireland

Guide to Sea Anemones & Corals of Britain & Ireland
Chris Wood 2005. £9.95 + £2 p&p
The cool temperate waters around Britain & Ireland contain a huge variety of marine life and the sea anemones and corals, the Anthozoa, are some of the brightest and most attractive of all the groups of animal that live in them. Anemones and corals can be found from rockpools to the deepest depths and in all habitats from rocky reefs to soft mud. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to all 77 of the sea anemones and corals found in British and Irish inshore waters. It will be an essential companion for divers, rockpoolers and students who want to identify the sea anemones and corals they find and know more about them. The book is illustrated by over 200 underwater colour photographs.
Produced as part of the Seasearch project which aims to get volunteer divers to record marine life and habitats.



Price:  £11.95


Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland

Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Chris Wood 2007. £10.00 + £2.50 p&p SPECIAL PRICE FOR SEASEARCH PARTICIPANTS AND MCS MEMBERS - NORMALLY £14.95

This brand new and lavishly illustrated book aims to introduce divers and snorkellers to a selection of the animals and plants from sponges to fishes and sea squirts to seaweeds, that are most regularly seen in our waters. It contains over 200 species, each illustrated by a photograph taken underwater, and includes pointers on how to recognise many more. In addition to a description there is information on depth, habitat and distribution all essential to a confident identification. The Guide is especially aimed at divers looking for a good all round introduction to the animals and plants they will see on their dives. If you only buy one marine life identification guide this is the one you should choose!




Price:  £12.50


Great British Marine Animals

Great British Marine Animals
£15.00 + £5.00 p&p
Paul Naylor. 2005
This book will open your eyes to the beautiful and extraordinary creatures that inhabit the sea around us. It is written for anyone who loves the sea or is fascinated by its wildlife, including snorkellers and divers. Includes most of the material in the first edition, but has been expanded to include details of 30 additional species, and 90 of the 420 photographs are new. Highly recommended.



Price:  £20.00


Sussex Marine Life

Sussex Marine Life
Robert Irving 1998. £15.00 + £2.50 p&p

This Guide, which was produced as a part of the Seasearch project in Sussex, will help divers to identify over 190 species of plants and animals that they may encounter whilst diving not only in Sussex but anywhere along the English Channel coast. It features over 350 colour photographs, the majority of which were taken by divers in Sussex waters. Descriptions of each species are set out in an easy to follow format, with notes on how to distinguish similar species.

Price £17.50


Price:  £17.50


A Field Guide to Marine Fishes of Wales and Adjacent Waters

A Field Guide to Marine Fishes of Wales and Adjacent Waters
By Paul Kay & Frances Dipper £19.95 incl p&p
Soft cover

With 256 pages and numerous photographs supported by drawings, we believe this book to be the most comprehensive photographic guide to Marine Fish currently published in the UK. Published for the Marine Conservation Society with support from the Countryside Council for Wales.



Price:  £19.95


The Essential Underwater Guide to North Wales - Barmouth to South Stack

The Essential Underwater Guide to North Wales - Barmouth to South Stack
Chris Holden (2003) - £16.95 + £2 p&p
This is Volume One in an intended series and covers the coast of Wales between Barmouth and South Stack giving practical information for divers, snorkellers, boat-users and sea-anglers. Diving from the shore or from a boat. All dives are less than 30 metres. Contains useful data on marine life, conservation zones, wrecks, rocks, reefs and underwater caves and useful local information.


Price:  £18.95


The Species Directory CD

The Species Directory CD
The Definitive list of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Edited by Christine Howson and Bernard Picton.
CD-ROM £15.00 inc postage
An essential reference source for ecologists and taxonomists alike; it assembles all the disparate lists of British and Irish marine species, incorporating all recent literature and taxonomic revisions, as well as individual records. It also provides a standard nomenclature as far as is currently feasible. Each chapter covers a different phylum and comprises a short introduction, an outline classification and list of species with authority, date, a unique number and brief notes along with appropriate synonymy. The CD-Rom contains a searchable version in Adobe Acrobat format; a cross-linked set of html files which form a series of web pages; photographs and descriptions of some of the species listed and database files in Microsoft Access and plain text format for import into relational databases.
1997 edition.


Price:  £15.00


Marine Fauna and Flora of the Cullercoats District

Marine Fauna and Flora of the Cullercoats District
This 2-volume account of the fauna and flora of the North East Coast of England and adjacent sea will delight all marine biologists and provide baseline data for those interested in biodiversity and its conservation. Observations of the 18th and 19th Century naturalists who studied the district are combined with recent records and revised systematics. One of the most important collections of marine species records in Europe.
2000 Edition, Hard Cover, B&W Illustrations


Price:  £95.00

Marine Conservation : Books : British Marine Life