A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life of Australia

This handy, pocket-sized guide is an ideal travelling companion for anyone exploring Australia's coastline.

Coastal rock pools, rocky ocean shores, beaches and estuarine shores are alive with numerous forms of sea life - from slugs and worms to crabs an, seastars, anemones and various animals that live in shells.

"A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life of Australia" wil help you easily identify the fascinating creatures you discover as you walk along the beach or gaze into rock pools.

Each of the 232 species or groups in the book is illustrated with a colour photograph and each entry also includes a distribution map and a description of the animal or algae. In addition, the introductory sections of the book explain the classification, biology and habitats of these creatures.

"A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life of Australia" is published by New Holland Publishers and can be ordered from all book stores. This book is now in its third edition.

Also associated with this book is a website that further explores the ecology, environmental and biological hazards that all seashore life must adapt to, or perish.
Visit Life on Australian Seashores at MESA, Marine Education Society for Australasia.