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[Killietalk] Summer Nature Reading Suggestions - was Re: Fish books was ROTOW

One of the things I enjoy is reading books about nature that may or may not be fish-related.  A few I'd recommend would be "Land of a Thousand Atolls" by Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, about the underwater life of the Indian Ocean, which includes an account of the first time she saw the fish which was to later become Centropyge eibli, "The Search Beneath The Sea" by J.L.B. Smith, about the search for a live coelacanth, "The Erotic Ocean" by Jack Rudloe, which is essentially a beachcomber's guide to Florida, "The Amazon" by Robin Furneaux, a wonderful history of Amazon exploration which also includes one of the best maps I've seen of South American rivers, "The Orchid Hunters" by Norman MacDonald, a fascinating account of a different time in South America when fortunes could be made by collecting orchids, published in 1939, "Gorgon" by Peter Ward, about the animals that ruled the planet before the dinosaurs and their extinction event and any book by William Beebe.  If you're
 looking for something specifically aquarium-related, try any book by Robert P.L. Straughan, who wrote the best books on marine aquariums ever written and started writing them in 1959, and was also instrumental in the development of the all glass aquarium or "The Marine Aquarium Reference" by Martin Moe, which will teach you more about water chemistry and filtration than you may want to know and is very applicable to fresh water (if you want an introductory text, try Moe's "Marine Aquarium Handbook," which covers many of the same topics but not as deeply).  If your book collection does not include Sterba or Innes, I can't recommend them highly enough, and the older the work you can lay your hands on, the better.
  Good luck and good reading,
  Mark

Robert Goldstein <rgoldstein at rjgaCarolina_com> wrote:
  Right on Scott. Reading is one way we're different from fish. Not reading is 
one way we are not.



       
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