The Coral Reef Aquarium: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Fish
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Book details
- Author
- Ron Shimek
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Pets › Fish & Aquariums
- Topics
- reef tank setup · coral care · fish care · marine ecosystems · coral conservation · saltwater fish
- ISBN-13
- 9781620457603
About the author
RON L. SHIMEK, PH.D., has authored over 20 peer-reviewed scientific publications and written widely for aquarium magazines. His books include Marine Invertebrates: 500+ Essential-to-Know Aquarium Species and The Coral Reef Aquarium.
Shimek holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington for research on marine soft-sediment ecosystems. He has served as Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Assistant Director of the Bamfield Marine Station on Vancouver Island, and Associate Professor of Ecology at Montana State University.
When not writing, Shimek works as a marine biologist and invertebrate zoologist specializing in scaphopods and turrid gastropods. This expertise in marine ecosystems informs his scientific publications and aquarium writing directly.
Ronald lives in Wilsall, Montana.