Lawson Wood's Marine Life of the Mediterranean is a photographic ID guide to around 400 common species of marine life, covering fish, invertebrates, corals, plants and megafauna. This handy-sized guide of around 175 pages is a perfect and essential pocket guide for divers and snorkellers.
• Price £16.99. US$24.00
• ISBN 978-3994-1170-7
• 175 pages
• Around 400 species
• 210 x 148 mm (8¼” x 6”)
• 50,000 words approx. (including captions)
• 450 photos + 3 maps
• Full colour throughout
Publishers Bloomsbury Wildlife
The Mediterranean has long been the most popular tourism destination for divers as the warm clear water is incredibly productive with marine life and it covers all of the area from Gibraltar to the shores of Israel and the Adriatic.
Special mention has been made of the widening and dredging of the Suez Canal and how this has irrevocably altered the balance of marine life in the eastern Mediterranean.
Similar to the Lionfish invasion in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean is also suffering a similar fate, yet many other species of fish from the Red Sea which are the lionfish's natural predators have also passed through the Suez Canal.
Filled with superb photographic identification of all the main species and illustrations of the fish families, this is an essential guide to expand your interest in the Mediterranean.
