New Aleutian sea star field guide available
September 24, 2015
Alaska Sea Grant has a new field guide featuring 63 species of colorful sea stars
from the Aleutian Islands.
The book is the result of sea star collections and research by the authors during
840 scuba dives throughout the Aleutians. It includes the 19 species they discovered.
Biologists, divers and naturalists will find the guide useful and will be stunned
by the beauty of the sea stars.
"Field Guide to Sea Stars of the Aleutian Islands," by Stephen C. Jewett, Roger N.
Clark, Héloïse Chenelot, Shawn Harper and Max K. Hoberg, is available for $30 in paperback
or $27 as a PDF download.
For more information about this title and many more, visit AlaskaSeaGrant.org or call
toll-free 888-789-0090. Alaska Sea Grant is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.