A Diver's Guide to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 468 pages
• Published by: Nautilus Publishing SDN. BHD
• Edition: Revised Edition June 1, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 9832731003
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-9832731009
• Book Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 2 pounds

Product Review
"best work I've yet seen. ForMabul or Kunkungan, this book should be as necessary as a passport." -- Back Chatter - August 2003 edition by Ryan Boereme

"well written, quite informative, gorgeously illustrateda priced right, quality publication. Get a copy, you'll be happy you did!" -- FAMA Magazine

"Illusrated with more than 800 extraordinary colour photosthis is the field guide of choice for all serious macro divers." -- Asian Diver December/January 2004 issue

"The photography is impressiveif you need to identify any species from this areathis guide is a gem." -- Northern California Underwater Photographic Society

"We just discovered the ultimate guide to Indo-Pacific macro life () this book is a must for traveling divers" -- Undercurrent, The Editor's Picks, January 2004

600 marine species illustrated with spectacular photographs and a compact text for a very useful and much needed underwater guide. -- TAUCHEN Magazine, Germany, December 2003

Both a macro and a fish field guide for all serious divers from the Maldives to Australia. A must! -- Four Lakes Scuba Club Newsletter, February 2004

Colour photographs of the highest quality make it easy to identify what you have seenAn essential tool for anyone. -- DIVER Magazine, UK, June 2004

Identifies and describes 600 small marine species from the Indo-PacificClear, concise, informative packed with more than 800 colour photographs -- BBC Wildlife Magazine, January 2004

This book stands out for the gorgeous photographyshowing local variations of species. Compact size, publishing of great quality. -- whiteheadimages.com, May 2006

Product Description
600 different Indo-Pacific marine species fully described in detail with fascinating, first-hand information on distribution, habitat, size, life habits, underwater photography tips, full indexes and more than 800 spectacular photos. The essential field guide for all serious macro divers from the Maldives to Australia.

Reader Reviews
I bought this book a few weeks ago while on a diving trip to Borneo and immediately fell in love with it. This is the guidebook every discerning macro diver has been waiting for! After a long introduction and a funny, informative chapter on "the fine art of macrophotography" the authors describe in full detail more than 600 different marine species, ranging from invertebrates (nudibranchs, crustaceans and mollusks) to small and not-so-small fish. Every species entry features full, first-hand information on size, habitat, geographical range and life habits, and the book is chock-full with hundreds of absolutely stunning color pictures of the critters. Despite its restrictive title, the contents are in fact perfectly useful for any Indo-Pacific dive site, ranging from the Maldives to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. Some of the animals described are absolutely weird and are a fascinating first even for seasoned muck divers like myself. I cannot have enough praise for this book - it is an absolute must for any serious muck diver or photographer, and it fills to perfection an important void in the diving guidebooks panorama. It's also quite compact and not too expensive. From now on I won't take another dive trip without taking it along - bravo!