CORAL REEF CREATURES

IMAGES BY

DOUGLAS A. SEGAR and ELAINE STAMMAN SEGAR

Reefimages: more than 8,000 images and videos of Pacific Ocean and Red Sea marine species plus the open source textbook "Introduction to Ocean Sciences"   

Introduction to Ocean Sciences

Reefimages is home to an open source textbook "Introduction to Ocean Sciences" authored by Doug Segar and Elaine Stamman;. The book includes many of our images and provides a comprehensive introduction to our knowledge of the oceans. The book can serve as a reference or to learn about about the physical, chemical, geological and biological processes in the oceans that are the foundation upon which the marine life shown in our images is based. Click here or on the image of the book cover to learn more about or download the textbook. Biographical information about the authors can be found here

Reefimages images and videos

All images on this site were taken by Doug or Elaine in a variety of locations mostly in the southwest and west-central Pacific Ocean, an area marine biologists often called Micronesia because the species assemblages are similar in most of the area. Some images were also taken in the Red Sea. As our site name implies many coral reef images are featured but there are also many images from "muck diving" sites, so the species depicted in our images come from a range of marine environments.

All photographs videos, and text appearing in the Reef Images web site are the exclusive property of Doug Segar and Elaine Stamman Segar. The photographs and videos may not be reproduced, copied, stored, manipulated, republished electronically or in print without the written permission of Doug Segar or Elaine Stamman Segar. NO images or video on the Reef Images web site are within the Public Domain. Use of any image as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration is also a violation of United States and International Copyright Law (see http://www.loc.gov/copyright).

Images are arranged in portfolios and slide shows. The portfolios represent groups of species related taxonomically (biological classification) or by similarities in physical appearance. Portfolios are separated into two groups: "Fishes" (includes reptiles) and, "Invertebrates/Scenes" (includes algae). Portfolios can be used as an aid to reef creature identification. Slideshows present a range of what we consider to be some of our best or most interesting images from a particular location or divesite. They can be accessed through the Locations/Slideshows link.

All of our images are available for reproduction in publications or for other uses, subject to a purchase or permission fee appropriate to the specific use. For all images, we can provide information including the specific site where and date when the image was taken. For most images, we can also provide information on the characteristics of the habitat at the site and general information about the biology and ecology of the species shown in the image.

You may search for images on this web site through our Search Page. However, only a fraction of our image collection is available on the site. If you are looking for an image that you cannot find on the site, please contact us.

Photographic equipment and image handling equipment and procedures are described on our equipment page.

Please note that a few of the images in our species portfolios are the only image we have of a particular species (or one of the species life stages, sexes, or other variations). In some such instances, the quality of the image may be poor relative to what we would normally accept.