Indo-Pacific Corals

As an underwater photographer, author that loves the Pacific Triangle diving - this is the most comprehensive corals book I have ever used in my photo research. It is big and heavy - not a travel book - but outstanding for post trip research and writing photo captions. It also has a unique section of things that look like they might be corals - but are NOT- and they scientific name. Kudos to Joe Rowlett, author, scientist, diver, photographer, researcher and dedicated guy.

Deep and rich - with a easy reading style

Beautiful in-depth photography and descriptions of indo-pacific coral. Great for novice and marine scholar of coral identification. Phenomenal taxonomic classification.

The book is full of photographs, and covers many groups of cnidarians. However, it lacks a bibliography section and the information about each groups is limited.

The photographs are blurred and with double print shadows. Useless for identification.

Lacks a bibliography. Few, if any, pictures were taken by the author. He doesn't cite any sources which is quite problematic. OK for now, but I look forward to a professional with personal experience write a book.