Useful Internet Sites for Oceanography (CTY)

Biological Oceanography (Marine Biology)

Census of Marine Life
http://www.coml.org/descrip/cedamar.htm

Marine Biological Laboratory
http://www.mbl.edu/

Cool Biology Projects: Gone Fishing
http://www.coolclassroom.org/cool_projects/lessons/biology/biology.html

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
http://montereybay.noaa.gov/

Marine Biology: The Living Oceans
http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=marinebiology&c

More Marine Biology sites, click the link
http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/SPT--AdvancedSearch.php?Q=Y&FK=marine+biology&RP=5&SR=10

Chemical oceanography (Marine Chemistry)

Lancaster University Aquatic Chemistry Research Group
http://www.es.lancs.ac.uk/wdgroup/Aquach.htm

The Informatio Retrieval in Chemistry
http://macedonia.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr/

The Bridge: Ocean Sciences Education Teacher's Resource Center
http://www.vims.edu/bridge/

Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment (ACSOE)http://www.uea.ac.uk/~acsoe/welcome.html

Oceanus
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/index.do

For more Marine Chemistry Sites, Click
http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/SPT--AdvancedSearch.php?Q=Y&FK=marine+chemistry&RP=10&SR=0

Geological oceanography (Marine Geology)

Marine Geology & Geophysics: Images (Visualizing Data)http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/

National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html

USGS: US Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/

SEPM: Society for Sedimentary Geology
http://www.sepm.org/index.htm

For more Marine Geology sites, click
http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/SPT--AdvancedSearch.php?Q=Y&FK=marine+geology&RP=10&SR=0&ST=Quick

Physical oceanography (Marine Physics)

Marine Physics web sites from Internet Scout Projects
http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/SPT--AdvancedSearch.php?Q=Y&FK=marine+physics&RP=10&SR=0&ST=Quick

Sites for HAWAII

Conservation
Hawaii’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy – fact sheets of many endangered species
State Dept. of Land and Natural Resources - Division of Aquatic Resources – fishing regulations and statistics
Fair Catch – responsible fishing campaign for Hawaii
Hawaii Biological Survey - online images
Environment Hawaii – library subscribes to this newsletter; search online archives to find articles on your topic
SeaWeb – ocean conservation organization

Marine Ecosystems
The Nature Conservancy – Hawaii’s Living Reef pamphlet (pdf)
Coral Reef Network - articles and links about coral reefs in Hawaii
Hawaii Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program
Hawaii Coral Reefs Initiative
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument – largest marine conservation area in the world.
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council – fisheries management

Hawaiian Monk Seals
National Marine Sanctuaries – Hawaiian monk seal research
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center – Marine Mammal Research Program
Hawaii’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy – Monk seal fact sheet
NOAA Fisheries – Office of Protected Resources - Hawaiian Monk Seals
Green Sea TurtlesHawaii’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy – Green sea turtle fact sheet
NOAA Fisheries – Office of Protected Resources - Marine Turtles
State of the World’s Sea Turtles
Sea Turtle Restoration Project

Sharks
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Shark Research Group
Hawaii Sharks – includes shark incidents in Hawaii since 1990
International Shark Attack File – statistics worldwide
Other Species
Hawaii’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy – fact sheets on many threatened species including birds, mammals, fish, squid, limpets, nudibranchs, lobsters, crabs, shrimp, sponges, anemones, and corals.

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