Marine Life Identification Guides

The following is a specialized list of library materials - see the Marine Sciences guide for journals and books on other aspects of Marine Sciences. Please consult a reference librarian, call 460-7025, or e-mail webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu for help in locating additional materials.

MARINE LIFE

Beachcomber’s Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life. Reference QL 134 .F66 1989
Color Atlas of Dangerous Marine Animals.  Reference QL 100 .H29 1990
Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life.  Reference QL 120 .E53 1985
Great Book of the Sea: A Complete Guide to Marine Life.  Reference QL 121 .G84 1993
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Reference QL 7 .G7813 2004
Guide to Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida.  Reference QL 134.5 .S59 1996
Gulf Coast Seashore Life: An Introduction to Familiar Plants and Animals.                                           

Bookstacks QH 104.5 .G84 K38 2001

Poisonous, Venomous, and Electric Marine Organisms of the Atlantic Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and the

Caribbean. Bookstacks QL 100 .L36 1997

Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas.

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Reference QL 125 .H86 1992

SeaLife: A Complete Guide to the Marine Environment.  Reference QL 121 .S42 1996

INVERTEBRATES

Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates.

Bookstacks QL 151 .E36 2001

Encyclopedia of Marine Invertebrates.  Reference QL 360 .E53 1982

Manual of Marine Invertebrates.  Bookstacks SF 457.1 .H39 1989

Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals, Exclusive of Insects

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Reference QL 362 .P7 1935

Sea Stars, Sea Urchins and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean

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Reference QL 383.1 .U6 S43 1995

Seashore Animals of the Southeast: A Guide to Common Shallow-water Invertebrates

of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast.  Bookstacks QL 135 .R87 1988

Catalog of Freshwater and Marine Fishes of Alabama.  Reference QL 628 .A2 B6 1992
Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.  

Reference QL 621.58 .L54 1996

Encyclopedia of Fishes. Reference QL 614.7 .E535 1998

Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes.  Reference QL 621.5 .R63 1986

Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin.  Reference QL 628 .A2 M47 1996

Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Reference QL 621.56 .M383 1998

Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters

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Reference QL 621.56 .H63 1998

Fishes of the World.  Reference QL 618 .N4 1994

Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico

.  Reference QL 621.56 .S55 1986

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida,

the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Reference QL 637.5 .S55 1997

Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas

.  Reference QL 125 .H87 1996

Reef Fishes: A Guide to Their Identification, Behavior, and Captive Care

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Reference QL 620 .M47 1998

Sharks and Rays of the World. Bookstacks QL 638.9 .P437 1999
Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico: A Field Guide. Bookstacks QL 621.2 .E27 2006

MAMMALS

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Reference QL 701.2 .E53 2002

Field Guide to Whales, Porpoises, and Seals

.  Reference QL 737 .C4 K28 1993

Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

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Reference LD 4706 .R56 W9 1999

Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Bookstacks QL 713.2 .N37 2002

Manatees and Dugongs of the World. Bookstacks QL 737 .S6 R56 1999

Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico. Bookstacks QL 713.2 .W87 2000

Marine Mammals of the World.  Reference QL 713.2 .J43 1994

Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses.  Bookstacks QL 737 .P6 R54 1990

Sierra Club Handbook of Seals and Sirenians.  Reference QL 737 .P6 R44 1992

Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. Bookstacks QL 713.2 .N69 2003

Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises.   Bookstacks Oversize Area QL 737 .C4 W4425 1995

Whales of  the World.  Bookstacks QL 737 .C4 C55 1997

BIRDS

Birds of the Gulf Coast. Bookstacks QL 683 .G85 M55 2001

Birds of the Wetlands. Bookstacks QL 673 .H26 1999
Birder’s Guide to Alabama and Mississippi.  Reference QL 684 .A2 V38 1994

Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. Bookstacks QL 681 .P45 2002
Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds of the World. Reference QL 696 .C4 R67 1995
Seabirds:  An Identification Guide. Reference QL 673 .H29 1983
Seabirds of the World: The Complete Reference. Reference QL 678.52 .E58 1997
Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World.  

Reference QL 696 .C4 .H39 1986

Shorebirds of North America, Europe and Asia: A Guide to Field Identification.

Bookstacks QL 681 .M47 2005

Waterfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World

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Reference QL 696 .A52 M33 1986

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and Newts.

Bookstacks QL 641 .A4713 2000

Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles. Bookstacks QL 656 .A1 C375 1999

Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles.  Reference QL 651 .A55 [serial]

Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians.  Reference QL 641 .E53 1998

Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America. 

Reference QL 651 .C65 1991

Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama.  Reference QL 653 .A2 M68 1975

Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Bookstacks QL 651 .S59 2001

Sea Snakes. Bookstacks QL 666 .O645 H43 1999

Turtles of the United States and Canada.  Reference QL 666 .C5 E76 1994

PLANTS

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Western Gulf Coast. Bookstacks QK 125.8 .S78 1999

Coastal Plants from Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral. Bookstacks QK 122 .S78 2000

Marine Plants of the Caribbean: A Field Guide from Florida to Brazil. 

Reference QK 572.2 .A1 M37 1989

Reef Coral Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Including Marine Plants.  

Reference QL 125 .H85 1994

Seagrasses. Bookstacks QK 495 .A14 P47 1997

Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean.  Reference QK 154 .N43 1994

Seaweeds of the Southeastern United States: Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral.                                           

Bookstacks QK 571.5 .S68 S36 1991

Smithsonian Guide to Seaside Plants of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.

Reference QK 122 .D86 1987

WEBSITES          

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