The Fourth Edition of The Light and Smith Manual continues a sixty-five-year tradition of providing to both students and professionals an indispensable, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to Pacific coast marine invertebrates of coastal waters, rocky shores, sandy beaches, tidal mud flats, salt marshes, and floats and docks. This classic and unparalleled reference has been newly expanded to include all common and many rare species from Point Conception, California, to the Columbia River, one of the most studied areas in the world for marine invertebrates. In addition, although focused on the central and northern California and Oregon coasts, this encyclopedic source is useful for anyone working in North American coastal ecosystems, from Alaska to Mexico. More than one hundred scholars have provided new keys, illustrations, and annotated species lists for over 3,500 species of intertidal and many shallow water marine organisms ranging from protozoans to sea squirts. This expanded volume covers sponges, sea anemones, hydroids, jellyfish, flatworms, polychaetes, amphipods, crabs, insects, snails, clams, chitons, and scores of other important groups. The Fourth Edition also features introductory chapters on marine habitats and biogeography, interstitial marine life, and intertidal parasites, as well as expanded treatments of common planktonic organisms likely to be encountered in near-to-shore shallow waters.

A forbidden treasure awakens a centuries-old curse. An unexpected tropical threat. An ally hiding in plain sight. To celebrate Bradley’s high school graduation, O’Connor takes the Detest-A-Pest crew to Club Niho‘gula on the remote and beautiful Hawaiian island of Lanai. But trouble tends to follow O’Connor everywhere she goes... Strange creatures attack guests in broad daylight. The locals blame the attacks on the Legend of Pepehi Waapa – the boat killer. Someone or some thing has unleashed the curse behind it. Ignoring all warnings, O’Connor vows to find the culprit at any cost. But unseen by most, a clue lies just below the surface. When Sam disappears without a trace, it becomes clear that something larger – more nefarious – is at work. The Detest-A-Pest crew and their new Hawaiian friends realize that they must work together – and fast – if they want any chance of finding Sam alive. Because the evil forces at work could easily send them all to watery graves... Tentacle 2.0 is a fast-paced creature feature horror novel, book four of the popular Detest-A-Pest series. It can be read as a standalone novel.

Gwen is a Jumper, able to sense wyrmholes in space and pull herself, and a space ship, through them to jump from one solar system to another. She employs this skill with her best friend Charlie to run trade routes. But this latest shipping route is too good to be true, and Gwen accepts the work with doubts.

The purpose of this book is to present the state of knowledge concerning nutrition and point out directions for future work for the Echinodermata, an ancient group which shows great diversity in form and function, and whose feeding activities can have great environmental impact.