Soft corals and sea fans

[Katharina Fabricius]

Dear Coral listers,

just to let you know: the book "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", by Phil Alderslade and myself, is finally
out. A double-page with 5 - 8 underwater photographs, a plate of
sclerite-drawings, and 7 paragraphs of text introduce each of the 90 genera
found in the region. Additionally, about 50 pages of introduction cover the
morphology, biology and ecology of the beasts with text and numerous
photographs, explain the few technical terms used, techniques of how to go
about identifying an octocoral, how to survey octocoral communities, and
choice of octocorals for a coral reef aquarium. We tried to keep the book
free of jargon, so it should be of equal value to professional scientists,
students, divers, aquarium owners and nature enthusiasts.

The details are:  Fabricius KE & 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. Australian
Institute of Marine Science, 272 pp, colour-throughout. ISBN: 0 642 322104,
and it can be purchased from the secure AIMS web page:
http://www.aims.gov.au/softcoral.book. This web page also contains all
details about the price, how to order by email, fax or mail, etc.

Apologies for the delay to those Bali - Conference attendants to whom we
promised an earlier release! To finish and tidy up all those last bits and
pieces took its sweet little while....

Regards,

Katharina Fabricius



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Dr. Katharina Fabricius
Research Scientist
Australian Institute of Marine Science
PMB 3, Townsville Qld 4810, Australia

Fax    	+61 - 7 - 4772 5852
Phone 	+61 - 7 - 4753 4412  or 4758 1979
email k.fabricius at email.aims.gov.au

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