These Ebooks are based on my Dive Time newspaper column in the Florida Keys.

All the Ebooks are available on Smashwords.

All of the images in the Ebooks are available here for purchase. Just click on the photo you like in the Ebook! 

Some of the Ebooks had scientific articles used as references. These are listed below the last Ebook on the page. 

References for: Buoy System Invented in the Florida Keys Helps Protect Reefs Everywhere

Reefs at Risk Revisited Fact Sheet: Atlantic

Reefs at Risk Revisited Executive Summary

Mooring Buoys as a Management Tool for Controlling Visitor Impacts: An Introduction

References for: Yellow Stingray Population Declines in the Keys: What does it Mean?

Spatial and temporal trends in yellow stingray abundance: evidence from diver surveys

Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

Predators as Prey: Why Healthy Oceans Need Sharks

References for: A Whale of a Good Time (maybe)

An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea

Low Genetic Differentiation across Three Major OceanPopulations of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus

Paternity analysis in a litter of whale shark embryos

ECOCEAN Best Practice Whale Shark Ecotourism UNEP MANUAL

References for: All Puffed Up

Saxitoxin Puffer Fish Poisoning in the United States, with the First Report of Pyrodinium bahamense as the Putative Toxin Source

Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Marine Organisms with Respect to Tetrodotoxin

Tetrodotoxin – Distribution and Accumulation in Aquatic Organisms, and Cases of Human Intoxication

Toxins of Pufferfish That Cause Human Intoxications

References for: Cleaning Stations: the Ultimate Hygiene System

Parasite distribution on client reef fish determines cleaner fish foraging patterns

Mutualism or parasitism -The variable outcome of cleaning symbioses

The macroecology of marine cleaning mutualisms

Honesty and cheating in cleaning symbioses: evolutionarily stable strategies defined by variable payoffs

Effects of three Caribbean cleaner shrimps on ectoparasitic monogeneans in a semi-natural environment

Comments on Certain Recent Generalizations Regarding Cleaning Symbiosis in Fishes

Fish cleaning symbiosis: Proximate causes of host behaviour

Client fish ectoparasite loads and cleaner shrimp Urocaridella sp. c hunger levels affect cleaning behavior

References for: Gentle Giants of the Reef

Historical declines of goliath grouper populations in South Florida, USA

Pattern of Recovery of the Goliath Grouper Population in the Southeastern US

Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara sound production and movement patterns on aggregation sites

SEDAR 47 Stock Assessment Report Southeastern US Goliath Grouper

References for: Invasive Orange Cup Coral Silently Grows off the Keys

Expansion of the invasive corals Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensisinto the Tamoios Ecological Station Marine Protected Area, Brazil

Can artificial reefs mimic natural reef communities? The roles of structural features and age

Can native sessile species resist the settlement of the orange cup coral,Tubastraea coccinea, on hard substrate communities of Bonaire, NetherlandsAntilles? (see page 2)

Early life-history dynamics of Caribbean coral species on artificial substratum: the importance of competition, growth and variation in life-history strategy

Chemical Composition and Release In Situ Due to Injury of the Invasive Coral Tubastraea

Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity

A new coral species introduced into the Atlantic Ocean - Tubastraea micranthus

Tubastraea coccinea in Florida

References for: Let’s Wake Up an Eel and Go Hunting

Nuclear follower foraging associations between reef fishes in an oceanic archipelago

Interspecific Communicative Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and Giant Moray Eels in the Red Sea

Functional Morphology of the Pharyngeal Jaw Apparatus in Moray Eels

Fish cognition: a primate’s eye view

References for: Look for the Fish in a Box

Thomson - A Histological Study and Bioessay of the Toxic Stress Secretion of the boxfish, Ostracion lentiginosus

Boylan - The Chemical Nature of the Toxic Secretions of the Boxfish (Ostracion lentiginosus)

Designing an Robotic Boxfish for the Mechatronics Course

Ostracitoxin a Potent Natural Fish Poison

References for: Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!

Direct selection on mate choice: female redlip blennies pay more for better mates

Comparative study of metamorphosis in tropical reef fishes

A male sexually dimorphic trait provides antimicrobials to eggs in blenny fish

Allopaternal care in the redlip blenny

References for: Schooling Activity is Alive and Well on the South End of Molasses

What Makes Fish School?

Emergent Schooling Behavior in Fish

Behavioral Ontogeny of Marine Pelagic Fishes with the Implications for the Sustainable Management of Fisheries Resources

References for: Spadefish Have to Dig Their Way Out of a Hole

Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber

Feeding Habits, Age, Growth, and Reproduction of Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber (Pisces: Ephippidae) in South Carolina

Biological and Ecological Relationships for Young Atlantic Spadefish in Cape Fear River Estuary

Swimming Performance of Juvenile Florida Pompano (Trachinotus Carolinus) and Atlantic Spadefish (Chaetodipterus Faber) Exposed to Sublethal Concentrations of Ethylene Glycol and Methanol: Individual and Synergistic Effects

References for: The Brass Section of the Reef

Predation tactics of trumpetfish

Color matching during shadow stalking by the West Atlantic Trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus

References for: The Eagle Has Landed… or Not

Estimating the Potential Impacts of Large Mesopredators on Benthic Resources: Integrative Assessment of Spotted Eagle Ray Foraging Ecology in Bermuda

Conservation Research on Spotted Eagle Rays in Florida and the Caribbean Sea

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers from the spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)

Life History, Population Genetics and Sensory Biology of the White Spotted Eagle Ray Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) with Emphasis on the Relative Importance of Olfaction

Spatial and seasonal variation in a target fishery for spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari in the southern Gulf of Mexico

References for: The Glassy Side of the Reef

A Bay Anchovy, A. mitchilli, Induced Trophic Cascade in Florida Bay

The Effect of Salinity Variability on the Mesozooplankton Community of Florida Bay

Predicting Water Quality Effects on Bat Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) Growth and Production in Chesapeake Bay: Linking Water Quality and Individual-Based Fish Models

Size-dependent vulnerability of juvenile bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli to bluefish predation: Does large body size always provide a refuge?

A Conceptual Ecological Model of Florida Bay

Estimation of Growth and Mortality of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli, in Florida Bay, Florida, USA

References for: The Great Hamlet Debate

Colour pattern as a single trait driving speciation in Hypoplectrus coral reef fishes?Speciation in the Serranid Fish Hypoplectrus

Abundance and Distribution of Hamlets (Teleostei: Hypoplectrus) in Coral Reefs off Southwestern Puerto Rico: Support for the Multiple-Species Hypothesis

Ecological differences between hamlet (Hypoplectrus: Serranidae) colour morphs: between-morph variation in diet

New geographic records of Hamlets, Hypoplectrus spp. (Serranidae), in the Caribbean Sea

Genetic mosaic in a marine species flock

Searching for Speciation Genes: Molecular Evidence for Selection Associated with Colour Morphotypes in the Caribbean Reef Fish Genus Hypoplectrus

References for: This Goat is a Hero

Benefits of heterospecific foraging by the Caribbean wrasse, Halichoeres garnoti (Pisces: Labridae)

Goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus and its follower fishes at an oceanic island in the tropical west Atlantic

How do follower reef fishes find nuclear fishes?

Metamorphosis of the Visual and Barbel Sensory Systems at Settlement in the Reef Fish Upeneus tragula (Family Mullidae)

Nuclear-follower foraging associations of reef fishes and other animals at an oceanic archipelago

Structure, Function, and Ecology in the Goatfishes (Family Mullidae)

References for: Wrasses: The Smartest Fish?

The Noronha wrasse: a “jack-of-all-trades” follower

Influence of condition on behavior and survival potential of a newly settled coral reef fish, the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum

A new heterospecific foraging association between the puddingwife wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, and the bar jack, Caranx ruber: evaluation of the foraging consequences

The Spawning, Growth, and General Behavior of the Blue Head Wrasse, Thalassoma Bifasciatum (Pisces: Labridae)