Life in a northern sea

Review of "Handbook of the Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe" 

This is a book based on the two-volume "The marine fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe", but not simply an abridgment. It includes keys for identification, black-and-white plates and somewhat heavy text in the species presentations. It's intended for specialists, rather than the general public. The plates are somewhat unwieldy. Still, probably indispensable for a scientist stuck somewhere in the North Sea. Four stars.