AHABS... Aquarium Husbandry Articles By Subscription
This "ezine," issued as a series of high quality, fully referenced, scientifically-sound articles written for the serious aquarist, appears here and nowhere else. There are twelve issues, each available separately, or alternatively, you may purchase the entire series.
I am the sole author of all the articles.
With the exception of the primary article in Issue 12 which is about 2600 words in length, all of the main articles are at least 4000 to 5000 words long; this is about twice the length of a standard aquarium magazine article. Some articles, for example the microscopy article in Issue 3, are considerably longer than that. Each article is in the Adobe.pdf format. If you do not already have Adobe Reader installed, you may download it for free, here.
Subscription or Purchase Information:
Issues may be purchased alone, for $6.00 each, or a subscription for the entire series, consisting of all twelve issues, initially issued from September, 2006, through August, 2007, may be purchased for $50.00. Once the issue or series has been paid for, it will be emailed to the purchaser.
You may make comments on the articles or discussion to my blog .
Each Issue Consists Of One New "Primary" Article Plus Two Significantly Revised Articles.
You May Preview The First Page Of Each Article By Clicking On The Issue Title.
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A H A B S
All Issues Now Available!
Issue 1: 38 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- The Need For “Periodicity” In Reef Aquaria
- Secondary Articles:
- The Cnidaria, The Reason For The Hobby;
- Copepods in the Reef Aquarium
Issue 2: 48 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- How To Get There From Here; Some Techniques For The Rearing Of Larval Invertebrates
- Secondary Articles:
- The Animal as a Life Cycle – A Very Brief Introduction To Invertebrate Larvae As Illustrated With The Trochophore
- Reef Tank Plankton - A Partial Success For A Necessary Component
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 3: 71 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- Look Sharp! Microscopy for the Reef Aquarist.
- Secondary Articles:
- The Cucumbers of the Sea
- The Ciliated Protozoans - Almost Animals
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 4: 62 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- Stomatella varia, the Best Grazing Snail.
- Secondary Articles:
- An Introduction To Reef Aquaria As Artificial Ecosystems
- Feeding The Reef Aquarium, A New And Necessary Paradigm
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 5: 85 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- Caridean Shrimps In Marine Aquaria
- Secondary Articles:
- A Discussion Of Some Of The “Bigger” Bugs
- Crabs, The Other Shrimps.
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 6: 113 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- True Grit: Sand, Science, and Aquaria
- Secondary Articles:
- Detritivores
- Tanaids in Reef Aquaria
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 7: 86 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- We Are So Limited! The Physiological Basis For Proper Temperature And Salinity In The Maintenance Of Coral Reef Aquarium Animals
- Secondary Articles:
- Squirting Out The Answer To Who’s On First
- Testudinaceous Amoebozoans
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 8: 93 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- Sea Anemones: The Husbandry Of Deceptively Simple Animals, With Discussions Of Their Natural History, Physiology, And Reproduction
- Secondary Articles:
- Go Softly (An Introduction To Soft Coral Care).
- Penning A Story (The Life History Of A Sea Pen)
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 9: 70 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- The Rise and Fall Of Coral Reefs: The Evolution Of Coral Reefs And Their Impending Extinction In The Late 21st Century. What Can Hobbyists Do?
- Secondary Articles:
- Bryozoans.
- Brachiopods
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 10: 62 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- It Is A Competition; Turf Wars In Reef Tanks
- Secondary Articles:
- Information Evaluation
- Little Thing
- Secondary Articles:
Issue 11: 70 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- Say What? "A Discussion Of The Identification Of Difficult To Identify Organisms, Such As Scleractinian Corals.
- Secondary Article:
- Sponges
- Sponges
- Secondary Article:
Issue 12: 48 PAGES OF INFORMATION!
- Frustration! A Discussion Of The Rapidity Of The Ongoing Extinction Of Coral Reefs.
- Secondary Articles:
- Feeding Reef Aquarium Invertebrates
- Nassarius
- Secondary Articles:
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Ron Shimek