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[Billy B. Boothe]

Extensive Reference Library For Sale:
Marine Science, Environmental, and Taxonomic

If you or your laboratory is interested in obtaining this vital and important collection, pease contact Bill Boothe at (941)955-1438, NaturalEnquirer at mailexcite.com, or write to: Natural Encounters, P. O. Box 49274, Sarasota, FL 34230.

A detailed list of the holdings of this library is available at your request.

This very sizeable comprehensive reference library is comprised of well over 8,000 reprints, books, governmental publications, specializing in the taxonomy and systematics of all major invertebrate groups of the southeastern United States, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico fauna. Over 5,000 separate publications of major authors concerned with Crustacea (shrimp, crabs, mysids, isopods, and arthropods), Tunicates, Mollusks, Echinoderms, Polychaetes, Sponges, and Hydroids. The other 3,000 plus publications are concerned with bioassay and toxicology, environmental physiology, fish taxonomy and physiology, marine ecology, and reef biology and ecology.

A majority of these are original papers, many of which are pre-1950. Some major works date from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Documents include hundreds of Smithsonian Bulletins and Proceedings, American Museum of Natural History notes, Allan Hancock expedition reports, Fish and Wildlife Biological Survey Reports, and various state governmental publications.

Some are photocopies of older major works and manuscripts that were used to make invertebrate identifications. All papers are indexed on 3 x 5 index cards and are catalogued, numbered, and arranged by both group and author.

The quantity of Crustacean literature (shrimps, crabs, mysids, amphipods) is extensive and is taxonomically arranged by family and author in separate folders. (10+ boxes).

In addition to the 8,000 papers are numerous journals and reports: American Society of Zoologists, Bulletin of Marine Sciences (1951-1975), Copeia, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Biological Society of Washington, BLM reports of the southeast and Gulf of Mexico, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, and OBS/FWS reports. Many are compete series from 1971 till the late 1980's. Also included are books and other publications by Rathbun, Richardson, van Name, Dall, Cushman, Nutting, Wilson, Barnard, Fraser, Manning, Williams, and Bayer, just to name a few.

Because this library is so extensive, I would prefer to sell this as one complete library, but offers for portions of the collection will be considered. There are over fifty boxes of material, each box weighing 20-40 pounds.



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