A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife
by Noble S. Proctor & Patrick J. Lynch
This illustrated guide covers an unprecedented range
of species that may be sighted along the coastline
or offshore by the whale watcher, bird watcher,
fisher, boating enthusiast, or natural history
buff. Designed as a classic field guide,
the book provides concise information for
identifying the invertebrates, mammals,
birds, turtles, fish, sharks and
rays, and even floating seaweeds
and common algae that live along
the Atlantic coast and offshore
from North Carolina to the
Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
May 2005
256 p., 6.2 x 9.25"
Paper 0-300-10658-0 $19.95
Yale University Press
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With range maps and text on pages directly opposite the full-color illustrations, the book makes identification of more than two hundred species of offshore wildlife quick and easy. Special features include full-page spreads to compare similar species of seabirds, and inserts to help identify whales by their blow and tail patterns, surface activity, and other behaviors. This is the ultimate guide for those who are curious about such creatures and the marine environment in which they dwell.
Noble S. Proctor is professor emeritus of biology, Southern Connecticut State University, and an internationally known leader of natural history and ecology expeditions. He has studied marine life on all the oceans of the world. Patrick J. Lynch is director of Yale’s MedMedia Group, Information Technology Services-Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine. He has received many awards for his medical illustrations and multimedia projects in medicine and the biological sciences. The authors’ previous collaboration, Manual of Ornithology, is available from Amazon.
