Available Resources
Alaska’s Seashore Creatures by Carmen and Conrad Field.
$13.
Available from:
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Alaska’s Mushrooms by Harriette Parker. $13
Available from:
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Alaska’s Wild Plants by Janice Schofield. $13.
Available from:
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Alaska’s Wilderness Medicines by Eleanor Viereck. $11.
Available from:
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Beachcomber’s
Guide to Intertidal Marine Invertebrates of Southcentral Alaska by Carmen and Conrad Field. Laminated card. $8.
Available from:
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Birds of Kachemak Bay
Available from: Pratt Museum
Common Plants of Oregon’s Rocky Intertidal
Habitats. Laminated card. $6
Includes many species commonly
observed in Kachemak Bay.
Available from:
- Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Flora of Southcentral Alaska: A Handbook for Field
Identification of Common Lichens, Mosses, Liverworts and Vascular Plants
By
Boyd Shaffer
An
easy to read guide that introduces students to a botanical glossary with scientific terms and names explained. Colored photos
and drawings.
ISBN
0-964-1118-3-7
Available from: Kenai Peninsula College, (34820 College Drive, Soldotna, AK 99669)
Kachemak Bay
Campus (533 East Pioneer Ave. Homer, AK 99603).
Forest Trail Guide (Pratt Museum)
Available from: Pratt Museum
Guide to Marine Mammals of Alaska
By
Kate Wynne, Illustrated by Pieter Golkens
The
only book that includes all 29 marine mammal species of Alaska.
Each whale, porpoise, dolphin, seal, sea lion, walrus, sea otter, and polar bear is described and illustrated with color photos
and surface profile drawings. ISBN 1-56612-044-6; $20.00 Sea Grant (888) 789-0090
Available from:
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
- Alaska Sea Grant
www.uaf.edu/seagrant;
(888) 789-0090
Guide to Northeast Pacific Flatfishes: Families Bothidae, Cynoglossidae,and Pleuronectidae
Available from:
Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Insects and Diseases of Alaskan Forests
By Edward Holsten, Paull Hennon,
Lori Trummer, and Mark Schultz USDA Forest Service publication
Full color illustrations of
evidence of insect and disease in trees and shrubs accompanied by information about role of each in forest ecology. Free.
Living Marine Habitats of Alaska
A
co-production of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council and the Alaska Sea Grant College Program. This free booklet covers:
kelp forests. Eelgrass meadows, sea-whips and sea pens, cold-water corals, pinnacles and seamounts, king crab nursery grounds,
the benthos habitats, and the Bering Sea ice edge.
Available from:
Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific
Sea
Grant publication
A
colored-illustrated brochures that shows all 50 marine mammals found in southern Alaska—a
concise and comprehensive waterproof guide helps with on-site identification. An excellent classroom tool—includes guidelines
for wteching marine mammals, habitat information, biologiy and diversity, and an illustrated glossary to habits and behaviors.
$8.95 ISBN 1- 89271-0000-1
Available from:
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Probably More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific
Coast: A Humorous Guide to Pacific Fishes
By
Milton Love
ISBN 0-9628725-5-5
Available from:
- Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor
Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Western Waterfowl
Set of two laminated cards showing
male and female, side views and in-flight views, for ducks, geese, and swan species found in Alaska.
Available from:
Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center-Alaska Natural History Association Bookstore
Willows of Southcentral Alaska
By Dominique Collet
Available from Kenai Watershed
Forum. $10
Available from: Center Alaskan Coastal Studies
Many more great publications
are available at these sources:
SeaGrant www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Pubs_Video/Pubs.html 
