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Books
Here are the books that I own and use.
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Shimek RL (2001) Host Sea Anemone Secrets. Marc Weiss Companies, Inc, . 24pp
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Raven PH, Evert RF and Curtis H (1976) Biology of Plants. Worth Publishers, New York, NY. 685pp
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Norman M and Reid A (2000) A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopuses of Australasia. CSIRO, Collingwood, VIC. 96pp
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Pilson MEQ (1998) An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea. Prentice-Hall, Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ.. 431pp
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Borneman EH (2001) Aquarium Corals: Selection, Husbandry, and Natural History. Microcosm Ltd, Charlotte, VT. 464pp
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The book gives a very good grounding on the biology of corals (Hydrocorals, Zoanthids, Corallimorphs, Soft Corals and Scleractinia) as well as how to care for them. It also contains comprehensive information on most of the families, genera and species commonly seen in the aquarium trade. This book is a must for anyone attempting to keep corals. |
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Calfo AR (2001) Book of Coral Propagation. Reading Trees, Monroeville, PA. 450pp
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Miskelly A (2002) Sea Urchins of Australia and Indo-Pacific. Capricornica Publications, Sydney, Australia. 179pp
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Tomascik T, Mah AJ, Nontji A and Moosa MK (1997) The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas : Chapters 1-12 (The Ecology of Indonesia Series , Vol 7, Part 1). Charles E Tuttle Co, Hong Kong. 642pp
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Tomascik T, Mah AJ, Nontji A and Moosa Mk (1997) The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas : Chapters 13-23 (The Ecology of Indonesia Series , Vol 8, Part 2). Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong. 1388pp
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Noga EJ (2000) Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment. Iowa State University Press, . 367pp
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General Marine Aquarium Keeping
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Delbeek JC and Sprung J (1994) The Reef Aquarium Volume 1. Ricordea Publishing, Coconut Grove, Florida. 544pp
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Both volumes of The Reef Aquarium are invaluable for anyone thinking of starting a reef aquarium or even a fish only aquarium. It is also an extremely useful book for those people who have been keeping marine aquariums for years. Volume 1 gives a very good introduction to natural reefs and the biology of corals and clams. It goes on to describe various methods of setting up a reef environment in an aquarium including lighting, filtration and general maintenance. |
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Delbeek JC and Sprung J (2005) The Reef Aquarium Volume 3. Ricordea Publishing, Coconut Grove, Florida. 680pp
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Fosså SA and Nilsen AJ (1996) The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 1. Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, Germany. 367pp
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The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 1 covers most of the same topics as Volume 1 of The Reef Aquarium except it does not have biology or identification information for corals or clams and includes details about the various divisions of alga. It contains some useful information on Live Rock hitchhikers. Fosså and Nilsen go into a lot of detail into the chemical reactions that occur in the sea, in our tanks and with additives. |
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Moe MA (1993) The Marine Aquarium Reference: Systems and Invertebrates. Green Turtle Publications, Plantation, FL. 509pp
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Shimek R (1999) The Coral Reef Aquarium: An Owner's Guide To A Happy Healthy Fish. Howell Book House, New York. 126pp
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Shimek RL (2001) How To Get There From Here: Hints & Techniques to Make Reef Keeping Easier . Marc Weiss Companies, Inc, . 32pp
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Shimek RL (2001) Sand Bed Secrets: The Common-Sense Way to Biological Filtration. Marc Weiss Companies, Inc., Florida. 36pp
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Tullock JH (1997) Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms. Microcosm Ltd, Shelburne, VT. 336pp
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This book gives an excellent introduction to keeping reef tanks with a more natural approach, including live rock and live sand. |
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Allen GR and Steene R (1998) Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide. Tropical Reef Research, Singapore. 378pp
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This book works well as a field guide as it is quite compact. There are photographs of many species of algae, invertebrates and vertebrates and there is an introduction for each group. There is little or no detail on each species photographed, but the book is still useful for identification purposes. |
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Edgar GJ (2000) Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters. New Holand, Sydney. 528pp
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Halstead B (2000) Coral Sea Reef Guide. Sea Challengers, Danville, CA. 321pp
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Fabricius K and Alderslade P (2001) Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow-water genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. AIMS, Townsville, Australia. 264pp
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Over 90 genera in 22 families of soft corals and sea fans (Alcyonacea, Octocorallia) are found in the tropical shallow water of the Indo-Pacific.
Plates of under-water photographs, sclerite drawings, and detailed descriptions of the taxonomic and ecological characteristics introduce the reader to each of the 90 genera. It will allow reliable identification of soft corals and sea fans both in the field, from underwater photographs, and in the laboratory. |
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Fosså SA and Nilsen AJ (1998) The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 2. Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, Germany. 479pp
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The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 2 discusses, in detail, the biology and taxonomy of the various groups of cnidarians. This book is useful for both identification and care details |
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Puterbaugh E and Borneman E (1996) A Practical Guide to Corals for the Reef Aquarium. Crystal Graphics, Lexington, KY. 112pp
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Sprung J and Delbeek JC (1997) The Reef Aquarium Volume 2. Ricordea Publishing, Coconut Grove, Florida. 546pp
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Volume 2 continues on from Volume 1 giving biology and identification details (at least cursory) about the other cnidarians: soft corals, zooanthids, corallimorpharians (mushroom anemones) and (true) sea anemones. |
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Veron JEN (1986) Corals Of Australia And The Indo-Pacific . University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 644pp
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This is an excellent book for identifying scleractinian corals from Australian waters. It is a little old now, but most of the information is still current. |
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Veron J (1995) Corals in Space and Time: The Biogeography and Evolution of the Scleractinia. UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia. 321pp
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A very interesting book that explores the question of "what is a species?" . This is a particularly interesting question in relation to corals, some of which show a great deal of morphological variation. |
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Veron JEN (2000) Corals of the World - Volumes 1, 2, 3. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia. 1382pp
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Veron JEN and Pichon M (1982) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part 4, Family Poritidae. Australian Inst Mar Sci Monogr Ser V, . 159pp
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Veron JEN and Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part 5 Family Acroporidae. Australian Inst Mar Sci Monogr Ser VI:, . 485pp
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Wallace CC (1999) Staghorn Corals of the World : A Key to Species of Acropora. CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia. 0pp
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I have both the book and the CD-ROM and they are an excellent source for the identification, description and habitats of 113 named species of Acropora. |
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Wallace CC (1999) Staghorn Corals of the World : A Revision of the Coral Genus Acropora. CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia. 420pp
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I have both the book and the CD-ROM and they are an excellent source for the identification, description and habitats of 113 named species of Acropora. |
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Wallace C and Aw M (2000) Acropora Staghorn Corals: A "Getting to Know You" and Identification Guide. OceanNEnvironment, Carlingford Court, NSW, Australia. 128pp
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Allen GR, Steene R and Allen M (1998) A Guide to Angelfishes & Butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 250pp
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This volume includes every species of Angelfish and Butterflyfish that was known at the time of publication. Includes detailed descriptions and photographs of each species, including their known distribution. It is an excellent book for the identification of Angelfish and Butterflyfish, but the information of keeping the fish in an aquarium is sparse. |
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Burgess WE, Axelrod HR and Hunziker RE (1988) Dr Burgess's Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes. TFH, Neptune City, New Jersey. 736pp
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The Atlas is an extensive work covering almost every species of fish one is likely to encounter either at the local fish store or even while diving just about anywhere in the world. The details for each fish are very brief and general, but is still useful especially as a starting point to identify a species so that more information can be sought. |
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Debelius H, Tanaka H and Kuiter RH (2003) Angelfishes and their relatives. A Comprehensive Guide to Pomacanthidae. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK. 208pp
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Kuiter RH (1997) Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland Publishers, Sydney. 434pp
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This is an excellent book for identifying the fish species found around Australia and in particular Sydney. For each fish there is at least one photograph, a map showing distribution and text describing characteristics of the fish as well as notes about where juveniles and adults may be found. Rudie has been diving and collecting fish in Sydney and the rest of Australia for well over 20 years. |
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Kuiter RH (2000) The Complete Divers' & Fishermen's Guide to Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia. Gary Allen, Sydney. 437pp
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This is a new softcover edition of the 1993 hardcover work and it appears to have some updates. It is an excellent book for the identification of fish found in Sydney and the surrounding region. It also includes details on where juveniles of certain species of angelfish, butterflyfish and wrasses can be found. |
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Kuiter RH (2002) Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their relatives - A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Labroids. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK. 208pp
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Kuiter RH (2002) Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and their relatives. A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae & Microcanthidae. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK. 208pp
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Kuiter RH (2004) Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK. 216pp
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Kuiter RH and Debelius H (2001) Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives - A Comprehensive Guide to Acanthuroidei. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK. 208pp
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Randall JE, Allen GR and Steene RC (1997) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, Australia. 557pp
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Steene RC (1978) Butterflyfishes and Angelfishes of the World - Volume 1 Australia. AH & AW Reed, Sydney. 144pp
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This is a fairly dated book, but is still helpful in the identifcation of butterflyfish and angelfish in Australian waters. |
Identification - Invertebrates
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Colin PL and Arenson C (1997) Tropical Pacific Invertebrates - CD-ROM. Coral Reef Press, Beverly Hills, California. 305pp
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This CD-ROM sits between Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific and Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Guide in terms of the species covered and the detail about each species. The "book" is in PDF format, but only works with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0. The quality of the pictures is only average, but adequate for identifications. Being on CD-ROM makes it very handy to carry with a notebook computer. |
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Fosså SA and Nilsen AJ (2000) The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 3. Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, Germany. 479pp
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This book gives identification and aquarium care information for single-celled organisms; sponges; marine worms; crustaceans and a number of small phyla. |
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Gosliner TM, Behrens DW and Williams GC (1996) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. 314pp
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This is an excellent book for identifying invertebrates, particularly hitchhikers. For each group, there is a small introduction and each photographed animal has details on identification, natural history and distribution. |
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Jones DS and Morgan GJ (2002) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters. Reed New Holland, Sydney, Australia. 224pp
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Mather P and Bennett I (1993) A Coral Reef Handbook. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia. 264pp
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Barnes RD (1974) Invertebrate Zoology. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia. 870pp
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This is my old Invertebrate Zoology textbook from University. |
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Ruppert EE and Barnes RD (1994) Invertebrate Zoology. Saunders College Publishing, Orlando, FL. 1056pp
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This is the 6th Edition of the great Robert D Barnes work. (Dr Barnes died in 1993.) This is a very useful book for general biological information about the various groups of organisms we may have in our tanks. |
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Fell HB (1975) Introduction to Marine Biology. Harper & Row, New York, NY. 356pp
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Tait RV (1972) Elements of Marine Ecology: An Introductory Course. Butterworths, London. 314pp
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Furnas M, Mitchell AW and Skuza M (1995) Nitorgen and phosphorus budgets for the central Great Barrier Reef shelf. GBRMPA, Townsville, QLD. 194pp
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Walker PMB (1995) The Wordsworth Dictionary of Biology. Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Hertfordshire. 324pp
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Bold HC and Wynne MJ (1978) Introduction to the Algae: Structure and Reproduction. Pentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 706pp
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Cribb AB (1996) Seaweeds of Queensland: a naturalist's guide. The Queensland Naturalists' Club, Birsbane. 130pp
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Lobban CS and Harrison PJ (1996) Seaweed Ecology and Physiology. Cambridge University Press, . 376pp
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Gross MG (1977) Oceanography: A View of the Earth. Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 497pp
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Schmidt-Nielsen K (1975) Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment. Cambridge University Press, London. 699pp
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Last updated: May 30, 2006
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