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- Altered Oceans - Kenneth Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling, Los Angeles Times, 30 July - 3 August 2006. Five-part series. Winner of the 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science Science Journalism Award.
- Anchialine Caves and Cave Animals - Thomas M. Iliffe, Texas A & M University, Galveston.
- Animal Information Database - SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. There is an Animal Sounds Library and facts on many animals including:
- Manatees
- Sea Turtles
- Killer Whales
- Sharks
- Bottlenose Dolphins
- American Fisheries Society
- American Littoral Society
- Animal Planet
- Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum - Sanibel, Florida. With images of Sanibel shells.
- Baltic Sea Marine Environment Bibliography and Database
- Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON) - Hans.G.Hansson
- Black Smokers - American Museum of Natural History research cruises to study deep-sea hydrothermal (hot water) vents.
- BUBL LINK - BUBL Information Service, Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University,Glasgow, Scotland. See Marine Biology and Oceanography.
- Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans - The Library has an online catalog.
- Catalog of Fishes Online - California Academy of Sciences. Catalog of the Species of Fishes is a "preliminary version of a database containing about 53,500 described species and subspecies of fishes."
- Cephalopid Page - James B. Wood's site provides information on octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus.
- Coastal and Marine Resources Centre - University College, Cork
- Cone Shell & Conotoxins - The toxins used by these marine snails to immobilise their victims possess pharmacological qualities that make them valuable tools in medical research.
- Coral Health and Monitoring Program - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida.
- Coral Mortality and African Dust - U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology.
- Coral Reef Alliance - Chappaqua, New York
- Cousteau Society | Equipe Cousteau - Includes information on the Calypso, Cousteau and his team members, expeditions, films.
- Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS) - Offered by the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Library has useful directories, databases and other resources.
- Discovery Online
- Dolphin Research Center - Marathon Shores, Florida.
- Echinoid Directory - Andrew B. Smith, Natural History Museum, London.
- Emiliania huxleyi Home Page - Toby Tyrrell has gathered information and photographs on a species of Phytoplankton which turns the sea into a "milky turquoise colour during intense blooms" and plays an important role in climate change.
- EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and and Watersheds
- Farley Diatoms - Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard University houses a large collection of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae).
- Field Guide to Anemone Fishes and Their Host Sea Anemones - Online book by Daphne G. Fautin and Gerald R. Allen published by the Western Australian Museum in 1992 "permits quick and accurate identification of the invertebrate hosts, as well as the fishes, through well-illustrated, easy-to-use keys and underwater photographs."
- FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes - Searchable database has 28,500 species and can be searched by common name or scientific name.
- Fisheries Research Service - UK site has information on Gyrodactylus Salaris, a parasite which infects the skin and fins of salmon, trout and some other types of fish in fresh water.
- Florida Caribbean Science Center - U.S. Geological Survey
- Florida Museum of Natural History - Their Ichthyology Department offers a International Shark Attack File.
- Freshwater and Marine Image Bank - Over 10,000 images relating to freshwater and marine subjects. (University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.)
- Global Coral Reef Alliance - Nonprofit organization for the protection and sustainable management of coral reefs.
- Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary - "One of the largest nearshore live-bottom reefs of the southeastern United States. The sanctuary is located 32 kilometers (17.5 nautical miles) off Sapelo Island, Georgia."
- Great Barrier Reef Visitors Bureau - North Queensland, Australia
- Great White Shark - Shark images from Douglas J. Long
- Gulf of Maine Aquarium - With site index. Offers material on Lobsters and Turtles.
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute - See Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder, Fishery Bulletin 74, Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 53, [Contribution No. 592, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution], United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1953.
- Hatfield Marine Science Center - Oregon State University
- Ichthyology Master Database - Florida Museum of Natural History
- In Search of Giant Squid - Smithsonian
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - UNESCO
- Kaikoura - National Geographic Society exploration of the deep-sea world of New Zealand's Kaikoura Canyon.
- Marine Biological Laboratory - Woods Hole. Has a Marine Organisms Database and a Marine Species Index covering "approximately 210 invertebrates and fish." (See also the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.) In the MBLWHOI Library are Digital Collections which include a Herbarium, Leuckart Wall Charts, The Flescher Fish Slide Collection, Early Years Photo Archives, Photo Archive Database and Alvin Ocean Floor Photo Database. In Digital Books you'll find the full-text of Development of the Squid (1880) by W. K. Brooks, Medusae from the Maldive Islands (1904) by H. B. Bigelow, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen (1778), Martinus Slabber's landmark book describing marine invertebrate larvae, as well as plates from the Atlas of the Voyage of the Astrolabe and Wandtafeln of Rudolph Leuckart (1822-1898) (teaching charts). There is full-text access to Lab Notes with Archives and the New Collecting Net
- Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) - A branch of Canada's Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans providing data on Currents, Tides and Water Levels and Remote Sensing.
- Marine Institute - Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.
- Marshland Records of Life on the Tantramar - "Situated on the east coast of Canada, at the upper end of the Bay of Fundy, straddling the modern-day border between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Tantramar region exists in one of the largest tidal saltmarshes on the Atlantic coast of North America."
- MIT Sea Grant - With information for educators on Zebra Mussels. MIT also has an Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Lab which has information on the Haro Straight.
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - Includes E-Quarium.
- Mote Marine Laboratory - Sarasota, Florida
- National Academies Press - Has more than 3,000 free online books available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Searchable and indexed by subject. There is a Marine/Maritime category. Recent titles include 50 Years of Ocean Discovery (2000), Sharing the Fish: Toward a National Policy on Individual Fishing Quotas (1999) and From Monsoons to Microbes: Understanding the Ocean's Role in Human Health (1999).
- National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse - "North America's most extensive technical library of publications related to the spread, biology, impacts, control of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis)."
- National Association of Marine Laboratories
- National Data Buoy Center - "Premiere source of meteorological and oceanographic measurements for the marine environment," the site provides access to dozens of electronic coastal observation buoys with real-time data on wind speed, air and water temperature and wave height.
- National Estuarine Research Reserve System - "Network of protected areas established for long-term research, education and stewardship."
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- National Geographic - With Features Index.
- National Library for the Environment - Provides a wealth of environmental resources including Briefing Book on Ocean & Coastal Resources,
Environmental Databases and links to Environmental Journals on the Internet.
- National Marine Fisheries Service - North East Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole
- National Marine Sanctuaries - Information about and links to 12 marine sanctuaries.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Highlights of this U.S. Department of Commerce site include access to the Library, and theNOAA Photo Collection with 10,000 digitized images of marine life, weather phenomenon, instrumentation, ships, ocean scenes and other historical collections. The State of the Coast Report - consists of 16 essays on coastal topics including Harmful Algal Booms, Sediment Toxicity, Chemical Contaminants in Oysters and Mussels and Extent and Condition of U.S.Coral Reefs. The National Severe Storms Laboratory has information on thunderstorms, tornadoes and other severe weather. The Fisheries and Fisheries Industries of the United States photo collection contains almost 300 plates from the Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals. Another valuable resource is WINDandSEA: Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Locator which provides links to "over 1,000 selected links to science and policy sites organized by topic and alphabetically. NOAA also has a Fisheries division which provides Fisheries Statistics & Economics.
- National Sea Grant - Partnership between the nation's universities and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Their National Sea Grant Depository, located at the Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island, offers a searchable Publications Database with over 33,000 bibliographic citations and abstracts (when available).
- New England Aquarium - Boston
- NMNH Fish Collection - Online Search - Smithsonian
- Nonindigenous Aquatic Species - "Scientific reports, online/realtime queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and general information." (Florida Caribbean Science Center)
- OceanExpert - Formerly the Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals, OceanExpert is a database, developed and maintained by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
- OceansCanada - Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) - "Association of more than 200 field stations and professionals concerned with field facilities for biological research and education, primarily in North America and Central America. Provides links to member stations.
- Pacific Biological Station - Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Pacific Salmon Information via the Internet - William Chappell, NOAA.
- Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - Santa Cruz, California
- Prince William Sound Science Center - Cordova, Alaska
- Reef Education Network - University of Sydney (Unable to access 1/21/00)
- ScienceDaily Magazine - Science news. Has search engine. Other news sites include Science News Online, which is searchable and provides selected full-text articles, ABC News: Science, Eurekalert, also searchable, Scientific American, with search engine, National Geographic News (searchable) and Unisci: Daily University Science News, (searchable).
- Scientific American - Provides a Search Engine which will retrieve numerous articles on various aspects of marine sciences.
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Located in La Jolla, California and home of the Birch Aquarium. Their Library has a Reference Shelf of Internet Resources. There's also a Scripps Pier Camera.
- Sea Turtles
- Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research - University of Florida
- Caribbean Conservation Corporation & Sea Turtle Survival League
- Proceedings - Annual Symposia on Sea Turtles - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
- Marine Turtles - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
- Southeast Fisheries Science Center
- Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN)
- Somatic growth function for immature loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in southeastern U.S. waters
- Status Reviews of Sea Turtles Listed Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 by P.T. Plotkin, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1995 (145 pages)
- Turtle Expert Working Group
- Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior and Conservation by James R. Spotila, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
- The Sea Turtle: So Excellent a Fishe by Archie Fairly Carr, Scribner's, 1984.
- The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores by Archie Fairly Carr, University Press of Florida, Revised edition, 1979. Originally published byAlfred A. Knopf in 1956.
- Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California by Archie Fairly Carr, Comstock, 1995. Originally published by Cornell University Press in 1952.
- Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean by Osha Gray Davidson, PublicAffairs, 2001.
- Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention by the National Research Council, National Academy Press, 1990. This book is also available free from the National Academies Press
- SeaWeb - "Multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it."
- Seaweed - Michael D. Guiry, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- SeaWiFS Project - NASA's global ocean color monitoring mission provides images and data sets collected by the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View satellite
- Shetland's Fishing Heritage - Information on the development of fishing industry in the Shetland Islands from the Vikings to 1970 provided by the North Atlantic Fisheries College in Scotland.
- Shoals Marine Laboratory - Run jointly by Cornell and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island off the coast of New Hampshire.
- Slug Site - Michael D. Miller's site is "devoted to the study of Opisthobranch Molluscs" and features a Nudibranch of the Week.
- Smithsonian Magazine
- Creatures of the Deep - Smithsonian Magazine, October, 2007. Review of The Deep by French documentary film producer Claire Nouvian (University of Chicago Press), 2007. The photos are fascinating, especially the Grimpoteuthis who looks cute enough to be a children's toy.
- Sound Waves - Coastal Science & Research News, USGS
- Stellwagen Bank Information System - National Marine Sanctuary; U.S. Geological Survey. Offers a page on From Whaling to Whalewatching - the Northern Right Whale.
- Strategies for Pursuing a Career in Marine Mammal Science - Provided by the Society for Marine Mammalogy in Sarasota, Florida.
- Tide/Current Predictor - (Unable to access 1/21/00)
- Tree of Life - With a section on Vertebrata.
- Universty of Maryland Aquatic Pathobiology Center
- University of Washington Fish Collection - You can search the database.
- UCSD-TV - Offers Video on Demand for various series. In The Birch Aquarium Presents is a 58 minute speech by Edward O. Wilson on "The Future of Life", given on October 31st when he was awarded the 2001 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
- U.S. National Ocean Service
- Virtual Field-Guide - UK site has index.
- Whales:
- Bioacoustics Research Program - Studies whale communication. You can hear Marine Mammal Vocalizations. (Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University)
- Whale Songs - " Follow the experiences of one American science teacher on board Song of the Whale in the Azores Islands"
- Whale Watcher Expert System - Will ask you some questions to try to identify the whale that you have observed; Acquired Intelligence Inc.
- Whale Watching Web - Part of the WWW Virtual Library, the site is maintained by Rauno Lauhakangas of the University of Helsinki, Finland.
- WhaleNet - Wheelock College, Boston
- WWW Virtual Library: Whale-Watching Web
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- World Fish Center
- Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha):
- Zebra Mussels in the Great Lakes Region
- Zebra Mussel Information Resources - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS), United States Geological Survey
- Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) - Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon provides images and data about the zebrafish.