Reef Life: Natural History and Behaviors of Marine Fishes and Invertebrates

by Denise Nielsen Tackett, Denise Nielsen Tackett

An eye-opening look at what really goes on in the lives of coral reef fishes and invertebrates. Unforgettable photographs illustrate marine biology in action for all aquarists and underwater naturalists.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2002

Reviews

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read the book throughout about 3 sessions today (over the course of around 9 hours) and took 10 pages of notes.

The book is super straightforward with well explained definitions and an easy flow. For someone like me who used it as note-taking, I could skip some of the short stories and many of the photographs/captions, which made this a very quick read.

For someone like me who already had a base knowledge about most things in this book, everything was quite simple. Yet I still found new things and got some helpful definitions. However for others who don’t have a good base knowledge I think this book is a really good place to start learning, both to gain some well known vocabulary on marine life and (of course) to learn about reef life specifically.

Overall I would recommend, especially as the book is fairly cheap. It also was published in 2002, but doesn’t seem to have any outdated information.