LINKS
www.quincybioscience.com                   One of my images has been licensed for use with their pharmaceutical products.

www.news.cornell.edu                             On this site you can hear the sounds of the midshipman fish - the "growl," "beat," "grunt train," 
                                                                and "hum."     
www.flmnh.ufl.edu                                   Worldwide shark attack summaries, images and biology of everything ocean is on this Florida
                                                                Museum of Natural History site.
www.id.ucsb.edu/lovelab.com                  Robin Milton Love's humorous take on the underwater world. He has a wonderful book called
                                                                "Probably More Than You Want To Know About The Fishes Of The Pacific Ocean."
www.trollart.com                                     Ray Troll's stupendously accurate drawings of real, cold water creatures! Using pen and ink,
                                                                colored pencils and his warped mind he creates incredible renditions of fish and witty little
                                                                sayings that let you think of them in a different light. I am an official wanna be member of the
                                                                "Cult of the Ratfish" and a standing member of the "Fish Worship, Is It  Wrong?" club.

BOOKS
Identification Books
Whelks to Whales                                     Pacific Northwest Field Guide
by Rick Harbo

Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest      Nice color plates, drawings and good information if you are into fish.
by Andy Lamb and Phil Edgell                   

Pacific Northwest Sea Creatures                 A weird little book with so-so images that I refer to because it has images of odd worms and things
by Dan McLachlan and Jak Ayres               other books don't.      

Sea Challengers books:                               These books are by far the best for images and identification purposes. I think they show the best
Pacific Coast Nudibranches                         coloration and variations of most animals and are very inclusive. 
by David Behrens                                        
Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps  
by Gregory Jensen
Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates
by David Wrobel and Claudia Mills
Guide to Marine Invertebrates  
by Daniel Gotshall

Common Seaweeds                                     General information and good-enough photos of common seaweeds.
by Robert Waaland           

Photography Books
Underwater Photography                             A "how to" book for film users about equipment choices and how to go about doing what
by Charles Seaborn                                     you want to do. I look at the images often for inspiration - many are Pacific Northwest critters.

OTHER
Along the Waterfront                                   This book is a history of the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula and is useful if you are a bottle hunter.
compiled by Gig Harbor Middle                  
School Students      

Diving for Northwest Relics                          Great book about old bottles/artifacts. Talks about different bottle types (turned tops, blob top, 
                                                                    leaf molds etc.) so you can date your finds!