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NEW BOOKS FROM NCSM 



ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICAN FRESHWATER FISHES 



by 



D. S. Lee, C. R. Gilbert, C. H. Hocutt, R. E. Jenkins, 



D. E. McAllister, J. R. Stauffer, Jr., and many collaborators 



This timely book provides accounts for all 777 species offish known to 

 occur in fresh waters in the United States and Canada. Each account 

 gives a distribution map and illustration of the species, along with 

 information on systematics, distribution, habitat, abundance, size, and 

 general biology. 



". . . represents the most important contribution to freshwater fishes of 

 this continent since Jordan and Evermann's 'Fishes of North and Middle 

 America' over 80 years ago." — Southeastern Fishes Council Pro- 

 ceedings. 



1980 825 pages ISBN 0-917134-03-6 



Price: $25. North Carolina residents add 4% sales tax. Please make checks 



payable in U. S. currency to NCDA Museum Extension Fund. 

 Send to FISH ATLAS, N. C. State Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 27647, 



Raleigh, NC 27611. 



SEACOAST LIFE 



by 



Judith M. Spitsbergen 



Ecology of natural seashore communities of the Middle Atlantic States, 

 with emphasis on North Carolina, is the subject of this field study guide. 

 It also can be used as a classroom text and overall resource book. A 

 general discussion of coastal habitats and their occupants is followed by 

 sections on communities of the Ocean Beach, Sand Dune, Salt Marsh, 

 Tidal Flat, and Rock Jetty and Piling. Each section includes a description 

 of the habitat and its special features, plant and animal adaptations, the 

 community, and typical organisms. The sections are profusely illustrated. 

 Includes glossary and indexes to scientific and common names. 



1980 114 pages Price $5.95, plus $1.00 postage and handling ($6.95). 



North Carolina residents add 4% sales tax. Make checks payable to NCDA 

 Museum Extension Fund. Send to SEACOAST LIFE, N. C. State Museum of 

 Natural History, P. O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611. 



