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South
Carolina Marine Life Page - The South Carolina marine life guide
from Coastal Scuba,- a scuba diving resource featuring color photos and
descriptions of the marine life found in the waters of South Carolina.
Biomedia
- an excellent source of biological films, video footage and photos
and a cool interactive website including an organism of the month feature!
Marine
Biology Web - An
sea of information on marine biology including reference material, marine
labs, careers in marine biology and more!
CoralRealm
- CoralRealm is a web site devoted to coral
marine life education. This site features more than 1000 reef fishes,shark
and ray descriptions in a database searchable by common, science or family
name.
National
Marine Fisheries Service-Office of Protected Resources - links to information
on all protected marine animals, biodiversity and recovery programs, and
much more.
Artigen
Science Search - a great search engine that will bring up online articles
from Scientific American, New Scientist, BBC, CNN, and many others on whatever
topic you want.
The
Ocean Place - a privately run marine biology information site. There's
well-researched pages on dolphins, coral, jellyfish, sharks, and the most
eco-friendly aquarium around. Check back for new subjects.
Reef
Relief - a non-profit reef conservation/education group with tons of
information, links, and pictures.
Marine
Animals Database - A listing of marine plants and animals for sale
from MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole).
Hawai'i
Coral Reef Network - Featuring seaweeds, fishes and invertebrates of
Hawai'i.
Biological
Sciences Database - Full of general information on all kinds of marine
animals, from arthropods to reptiles.
The
Online Marine Picture Book - a great guided tour through the rocky
intertidal with identification of common animals you can find there.
Tree
of Life - everything you ever wanted to know about almost any plant
and animal, marine or terrestrial, with lots of further reading and links
REEF
- REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) is program dedicated to
protecting marine life through education, research and involvement.
Golden
State Images - California marine wildlife and scenic coastal photography.
Underwater
reef photos - web site of underwater pictures of tropical reef fishes
from Indian ocean
FISHERIES-RELATED
SITES
National
Marine Fisheries Service - Dedicated to the maintenance and conservation
of all the world's fisheries.
BC
Ministry of Fisheries - A site with official government documents in
Acrobat format, links for Fisheries Renewal BC, and Fisheries and Oceans
Canada.
Habitat
and Enhancement Pacific Branch - information about the role, activities
and resources of the Habitat and Enhancement Branch (HEB) in the Pacific
Region of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
PHYTOPLANKTON,
BENTHIC ALGAE AND AQUATIC PLANTS
Coralline
Algae web server - Good information on coralline algae - a poorly known
and appreciated group of marine organisms.
Phycology
Society of America - Scientific organization which promotes phycology
(the study of algae) and fosters phycological research and education.
Algae:
The Forgotten Treasure of Tidepools - Seaweeds of the intertidal zone,
primarily focusing on California.
Bibliography
for Aquatic Plants - Citations on aquatic plants and their use by wildlife.
Catalogue
of Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean.
Check-list
of the Seaweeds of Britian, Ireland and Northern Europe.
National
University of Ireland Seaweed Site
Baltic
Sea Phytoplankton - Pictures and taxonomic information.
Diatoms:
Nature's Gems - General information on biology, environment, geology,
paleoceanography and industrial uses. Plus lots of groovy diatom pictures.
The
Harmful Algae Page - Good info on algal blooms including pictures.
Emiliania
huxleyi Home Page - An excellent site on a beautiful and globally
important phytoplankton species.
General Invertebrate Sites
Keys
to the Marine Invertebrates of the Woods Hole Region - Includes porifera,
cnidaria, ctenophora, platyhelminthes, nemertea, annelida, arthropoda,
mollusca, ectoprocta, entoprocta, echinodermata and protochordates of the
Eastern USA.
Zooplankton - They're just wandering around the ocean
The
Plankton Net - Plankton Ecology, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
Homepage
IOS
Zooplankton Laboratory - focus on Pacific Northwest zooplankton with
good pictures and general info. Also links to other plankton related sites
and information.
Phylum Annelida - A worm by any other name...
THE
ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY
CENTER
FOR ANNELIDA RESOURCES - Worms are pretty interesting. Really!
Phylum
Arthropoda - Crabs, lobsters, etc
Crustacea
- Information and pictures of all classes of crustaceans
Phylum Bryozoa - "Moss Animals"
Bryozoan
Page - Lots of information, all the way from "what is a bryozoan" to
more scientific stuff.
Bryozoans
at Berkeley - information and pictures.
Phylum
Cnidaria - Jellyfish, Anemones, Corals and Hydrozoans
Coral
Reefs and Mangroves of the World - a great information and picture
site dedicated to the state of the world's coral reefs
Cnidaria
Home Page - An academic site, but good information.
Cnidarians
at Berkeley - information and pictures
Phylum
Echinodermata - Sea stars, anemones, urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers
and more!
Introduction
to the Echinodermata - Fossil record, life history, ecology, systematics
and morphology.
Phylum
Mollusca - Snails, Clams, Octopus and more!
Mollusca
- Huge list of links all about molluscs; scientific, shell collecting,
etc. etc.
(Mollusca)
- Site at U. Arizona; some pictures, systematics
Michael
Miller's Slug Site - All about nudibranchs - pictures and information
Cephalopoda
- more links than you can shake a tentacle at for octopus, squid, and their
relatives
Phylum Porifera - Sponges
Introduction
to Porifera - Information on the fossil record, systematics, morphology
and life history.
Phylum
Porifera - Good general information on sponges.
The
Sponges of British Columbia - Descriptions of sponge species found
in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Marine
Fishes
Project
Seahorse - Worldwide seahorse conservation project
FishBase
- lots of great information and pictures on both salt and freshwater
fish
Fish
Information Page - lots of great links to fish websites
Fiona's
Shark Links Galore! - If you want to know something about sharks, this
is the place to start. Links to every major shark site on the net.
Division
of Fishes - National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Sharks
and Their Relatives - Information pages on sharks and rays.
Ultimate
Guide to Sharks! - Self explanatory... :)
External
Shark Anatomy - A generalized diagram of a shark.
Pelagic
Shark Research Foundation - Good info on behaviour, distribution and
conservation, plus links to Californian universities and organizations
active in shark research.
Basking
Shark Information - DFO Basking Shark page.
Great
White Shark Information - Feeding behaviour, geographical distribution,
habitat and gruesome pictures!
The
Shark Foundation -
Marine
Mammals
WhaleNet
An Excellent site containing everything you could ever want to know about
marine mammals, including links, facts, pictures, etc. etc. This site has
an "ask a scientist" section if you can't find an answer in its pages.
Very comprehensive and accurate info.
Whale
Times - Site for younger children. Questions and Answers about whales.
BC
Killer Whale Adoption Program - Adopt one of British Columbia's Killer
Whales, and contribute to a fund for scientific research. Great for classrooms!
Marine
Animal Rescue Society (MARS) - find out about marine mammal rescuing
in Florida...
Marine
Reptiles
Sea
World Sea Turtle Page - A well designed site with all sorts of information
and links
Turtle
Trax - Deals with a group of sea turtles off the coast of Maui, Hawaii
and their struggle with a disease called GTFP (Green Turtle Fibropapilloma).
Also, there is a lot of general sea turtle information as provided by the
NMFS in the US.