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Title: Between Pacific Tides by Edward F. Ricketts, Jack Calvin, Joel W. Hedgpeth, David W. Phillips ISBN: 0-8047-2068-1 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Still & always the classic
Comment: This is probably THE serious book to have if one is going to immerse oneself in the California intertidal. Originally produced by Ed Ricketts (of Steinbeck/Cannery Row/Log From The Sea Of Cortez fame) the book has been upgraded, revised, re-edited by a plethora of "co-authors" since Ricketts' untimely death. It still retains much of Ricketts' then-revolutionary Habitat focus, which will either work for you (it does for me) or annoy the hard-core systematists out there. This ISN'T a light book to lug into the field or a light book to read -if you are just day-tripping The UC Press has a number of smaller & more accessibly illustrated field guides that I would reccomend, But if you are seriously into mmarine Bio and have some time on your hands along the California Coastline, you owe it to yourself to get this book. Even here on the Coast of Maine and twenty years removed from the West I still fid myself referring to it...
Rating: 5
Summary: The standard field guide for the Pacific Coast of the USA
Comment: I can't believe that someone else has not reviewed this excellent guide to the intertidal biota of the Pacific Coast. This book has set the standard for reference guides to marine life along the Pacific Coast, as well as other locations. It is much more than a field guide -- though it also serves that role. This book describes the intertidal zonation patterns of the Pacific Coast as well as the ecology and aspects of the natural history of the organisms that live there. The book contains good taxonomic references as well. This is the book that many of the country's marine scientists cut their professional teeth on. If you are interested in marine biology, the diversity of life, or the ecology of nearshore habitats, this book is definitely for you. The main strength of the book is the logical organization by type of habitat and vertical elevation on the intertidal zone. The main challenge of a book like this is to remain up to date, which the publisher has managed by producing revised editions on regular basis. This book is a must for any field or arm chair marine naturalist!
Rating: 5
Summary: First and still best field guide to littoral ecology.
Comment: Ed Ricketts was to marine ecology what Alan Watts was to Zen, Timothy Leary was to LSD, and Jack Kerouac was to beat, and he was a little of all three. This is the monumental work that put Ricketts permanently on the map as a marine ecologist, and one of the first. This book is a must-have reference for anyone who visits the seashore. I am particularly interested in the fact that persons who have ordered this book have also ordered books by Thomas Pynchon. Anyone else out there besides me get the connection? Please let me know!
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Title: Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts by Edward Flanders Ricketts, Katharine A. Rodger ISBN: 0817311726 Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia by Eugene N. Kozloff ISBN: 0295960841 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck, Edward Flanders Ricketts, Richard Astro ISBN: 0140187448 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Guide to Marine Invertebrates: Alaska to Baja California by Daniel Gotshall ISBN: 0930118197 Publisher: Sea Challengers Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140177388 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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