General Links

Want A Career in Marine Biology? Check This Out!
Marine Biology Career – Important Questions
Get a Flavor of Marine Research with @Sea
U.N. Atlas of the Oceans
Public Aquariums
NOAA Image Library – Diverse Photographs for Many Purposes
Critter Cam – video on the backs of marine animals
DiverNet Marine Blog
David Doubilet’s Lovely Underwater Photos
Fish Webcam – Restoration of Huntington Beach CA Wetland
Marine Conservation Institute
Greenpeace
Ocean Surface Currents Glossary
Ocean Portal – Wide Range of Marine Links
Project Oceanography – Great Link for K-12
Resources on Oceans, Coastal Areas, Small Islands
Tagging of Pelagic Predators – Satellite Tracking of Sharks, Sea Turtles
Tsunami Impacts of Coastal Environments
Underwater Times – Links to News Stories about Marine Life
Unraveling The Deep: How the Ocean Has Made Waves Throughout Media

Marine Biology for Kids

Marine Biology for Kids – American Museum of Natural History
Marine Biology for Kids – Links
Marine Biology Facts for Kids

The State of the Ocean
Shifting Baselines – The Changing State of the Ocean
Census of Marine Life
Pew Oceans Initiatives

Environmental Podcasts

Rolex Environmental Heros Season 4
NOAA Ocean Podcast
Sevenseas Marine Podcast Library
Ocean Conservancy Podcast Library

Climate Change

Introduction to Climate Change
New York Climate Exchange
NOAA Climate Site
NASA Climate Change Site

Environmental Probes

Environmental DNA eDNA

Organism Pages
World Registry of Marine Species
Port Phillip Bay Australia marine life
Annelid Resource Page
Guess The Invertebrate!!
Gallery of Invertebrates – Arthur Anker
Bivalve – The Fascinating Geoduck Panopea abrupta
Brachiopods
Bryozoa – Recent and Fossil
Annelid Worm Biodiversity Resources
The Cephalopod Page
Cephalopods at the National Museum of Natural History USA
Conus (=Cone shell) Biodiversity Web Site
Copepods at the National Museum of Natural History USA
Copepods Web Portal
World Association of Copepodologists
Corals, Sea Anemones and their Allies
Cowries
Ctenophores by C.E. Mills
T. H. Huxley’s “The Crayfish” – not marine, but real cool!
Marine Crustacea of Australia
Crustacean Society Web Page
Crustose Coralline Algae Caribbean
Cyanosite – Site for Cyanobacterial Research Info
Fiddler Crabs
Hexacorallians of the World, Sea Anemones, Corals, and Their Allies
A crucial plankton species – Emiliania huxleyi page
Isopods of Coastal California
Invertebrate Blog – Circus of the Spineless
Invertebrate Zoology Animations – from A. Richard Palmer’s Invertebrate Zoology Course
Plankton Images – Gallery of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton
Deep-Sea Molluscs
Invertebrate Function Course with Cool Educational Animations
Opisthobranch Web Page
Opisthobranchs
Opisthobranch Photos by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz
Feeding by the Slipper Shell Crepidula fornicata
Phoronida
Nudibranchs of the British Isles – A Field Guide and Basic Biology
Nudibranchs of the Phillipines
Opisthobranchs (slugs) of Okinawa
Pfiesteria piscicida, a very destructive member of the estuarine phytoplankton
Phytoplankton and Pictures of Skagerrak-Kattegat (Sweden-Denmark)
Protist Images
Protists in the Marine Environment
Seastar wasting disease west coast North America
Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center – databases
Stomatopods
Phoronids
Porifera (= Sponges)
Scallops, including a useful glossary
The Tree of Life – The Ultimate Classification of Life

Seaweeds
Sargassum Information Hub
Sargassum Monitoring
Seaweeds – Lots of Information and Pictures, British Isles

Sea Turtles
Turtle Trax – Sea Turtles
Sea Turtle Org – satellite tracking here
Sea Turtle Links

Marine Mammals
Marine Mammal Education Web Site – NOAA
Marine Mammal Center
Societyfor Marine Mammalogy
North Atlantic Right Whale – An endangered species
Sea Otters
All About Whales – Zoom Whales Site
Whales – Ask a Scientist
WhaleNet
Whale Species – WWF
Pinnipeds
Dolphin Fun – dolphins make bubbles!

Fish Reference Sites
Fishbase – Data Base for Fish
LarvalBase – Data Base System for Fish Larvae
Forage Fish – Research in Alaska
Fish – Fantastic Fish Reference and Photo Page
Australian Museum Fish Site

Shark Reference Sites
Elasmobranchs
Sharkes and Rays
Ocearch Shark Tracker
The Ultimate Shark Page
Shark Species
Enchanted Learning Shark Site
Whale Sharks
Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Lab
ReefQuest Center for Shark Research
Salmon Shark
Bimini Biological Station Shark Research Lab in Bimini
Shark Information Web Sites List
Shark School: San Diego Natural History Museum
Whale Shark Encounters
White Shark
Whale Shark Encounters
Shark Attack Reference

Reference Sites
Biotelemetry Projects Directory
Blue Parks – Marine Conservation Institute
MarLIN – Britain and Ireland Information Network
British Marine Life Study Society
Bioluminescence Resources and Fabulous Pictures
El Nino – Latest on the 1997 Cycle – Most extreme yet!
El Nino – Teacher’s Course/Workshop
Enviromapper – U.S. EPA Guide to Pollution in the U.S.

Florida Fish and Wildlife
Hudson River Foundation, New York
Harmful algal blooms website
Harmful algal blooms in Florida
Marine Education Society of Australasia
Marine Sciences Portal – Link to a Great Number of Marine Sites
National Marine Educators Association
New York State Marine Education Association
North Atlantic Fisheries College: Fisheries Links
Montserrat Volcano and Sustainable Ecosystems Inst.
National Sea Grant Office
Ocean Portal – General Marine Reference Site
Ocean Surface Currents Glossary
SeaWhiFS – NASA Project on Satellite Detection of Oceanic Color
SeaWhiFS – Teacher Resource
Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center – lots of species information, taxonomic databases
Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa
Subtidal Invertebrates of Central California
Intertidal Invertebrates of Central California
Temperature effects on Aquatic Invertebrates – References
TIDES! TIDES! TIDES! – Get Tidal information for all states
Tide Predictions Around the World
Virtual Education Center – Virginia Inst. Mar. Sci.
Wetlands Mapper – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wetlands Research Center – U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole Key to Invertebrates (by Ralph Smith, 1964)
Marine Biological Laboratory – “Methods for obtaining and handling marine eggs and embryos” – online version

Coral Reef Sites
Coral Reef Web Site
Coral Reefs of Hawai’i
Coral Disease Web Page
Coral Reefs – Status and Health
Corals and Coral Reefs – Sea World Education Resource
Coral Realm – Reef Fish Encyclopedia
Coral Restoration Foundation
Why Mangroves Matter
Coral Reef Links from NOAA
Coral Reef Links from U.N.
Global Coral Reef Alliance
Coral Reef Information System NOAA
Coral Base – Data base of the Australian Inst. of Marine Science
International Coral Reef Initiative
Coral Reef Web Sites
Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea
Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Florida
REEFBASE: Global Information System on Reefs
Reef Relief: Excellent survey data in Florida Keys
University of West Indies Coral Reef Information Site
Reef Renewal in Bonaire

Intertidal Zone
Rocky Intertidal Guide to Oregon
Tidal Marshes of Long Island Sound
Tide Pools
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Rocky Shores of California

Other Habitats and Ecosystems
Chesapeake Bay
Britain, Ireland – Marine Habitats
Chesapeake Bay – Phytoplankton and other Water Column Organisms
Deep East Project – Submarine Investigation of Blake Plateau Seep Sites
Marine Caves
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Resources and Information
Seal Reserve – Phillip Island, Australia
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Foundry Cove Marsh Restoration, Hudson River
San Francisco Bay, Water Quality Surveys
Gulf of Maine – Census of Marine Life
Scandinavian Marine Invertebrates
Tidal Marshes of Long Island Sound (Connecticut, New York)
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Marine Invasive Species
Caulerpa – Algal Scourge of the Mediterranean
Links to Websites on Invasive Species – USGS
NEMESIS Invasive Species Website
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invasive Species Program
Invasions of the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas
Exotic Fishes and Invertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea
Lionfish Invasion into U. S. East Coast
National Marine Invasions Center
National Sea Grant – Nonindigenous Species Programs
Northeast Sea Grant Programs – Invasive Species News
San Francisco Bay – Invasive Species
Global Invasive Species Initiative
Sargassum swamping coastal environments
Northeast Marine Introduced Species

Conservation Organizations
The Ocean Conservancy
The Safina Center
Blue Ocean Society
Blue Halo Initiative – Barbuda
Coral Restoration Foundation
Conservation Science Institute – Ocean Change Initiative
Environmental Defense
Fish Webcam – Montrose Settlements Restoration – Huntington Beach CA
Global Coral Reef Alliance
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Marine Conservation Institute
Natural Resources Defense Council
Oceanites – Conservation of Penguins and Environments
Greenpeace
Pew Marine Fellows
Planetary Coral Reef Foundation
Riverhead Foundation – Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles
SeaWeb
World Conservation Union Marine Programs

K-12 Resources
Bridge – Ocean Sciences Teacher Center – Virginia Inst. Mar. Sciences
Corals – A Good Tutorial
National Ocean Service – Education Discovery Center
Estuary Net – NC Curriculum
Weather-Atmosphere-Oceanographic phenomena teacher resources from NOAA
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dive and Discover Program
Sea Education Association
Current Oceanographic Research Acitivities and Lessons – CORAL
Kelp Cam Birch Aquarium
Sea Turtle Coloring Book
Whale-Net Interactive Web Site about Whales
TOPEX SATELLITE INTERACTIVE SITE
Turtle Nesting Guide – Florida Panhandle