Sites of Interest
By Subject:
Coral Reefs
Conservation & Climate
Ocean Communications
Marine Biodiversity & Databases
Biodiversity & Economics
Marine Biology
Marine Policy and Law
Marine Protected Areas
Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
Other websites of interest
Coral Reefs
Fate of Coral Reefs: On-line seminar series from ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies
Coral Reef Ecology: University of Charleston
NOAA's Coral Reef online
REEF : The Reef Environmental Education Foundation.
International Coral Reef Initiative: An electronic forum for information related to sustainable coral reef management conservation and science.
UN Atlas - Corals:Part
of the United Nations Atlas of the Oceans used by policy makers,
scientists, students and resource managers to become familiar with
ocean issues and approaches to sustainability.
Lophelia - Cold water corals
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Conservation and Climate
The Story of Stuff - a 20 minute video
Ocean Communications
Shifting Baselines: Documents the loss of marine biodiversity. What's your baseline?
SeaWeb : Leading voices for a healthy ocean.
Thank you ocean:California Ocean Communicator's alliance
The Ocean Project
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Marine Biodiversity & DatabasesMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: MarBEF is a network of 91 European marine institutes established to integrate and improve access to data.
Dutch Caribean Nature Alliance
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
(CORE) is an association of US oceanographic research institutions,
universities, laboratory and aquaria. They conduct a variety of public
policy, research and educational activities to assess diversity,
distribution and abundance of marine organisms.
Census of Marine Life (CoML)
An international research program assessing and explaining the
diversity, distribution and abundance of marine organisms throughout
the world's oceans
Ocean Expert
a global directory of marine and freshwater professionals can help you
find individuals involved in all aspects of Marine and Freshwater
Research and management. It is maintained by the Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and intended to be a tool for
scientists, policy makers and anyone who needs to contact a marine
professional.
National Resource Center for Cephalopods Information on octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus
CephBase Hosted
by Dalhousie University and the University of Texas, the site was
created and is maintained by Dr. James Wood. It provide taxonomic data,
life history, distribution, images, videos, references and scientific
contact information on all living species of cephalopods.
Ocean Biogeographic Information System OBIS
is an on-line, open-access, globally distributed network of systematic,
ecological, and environmental information systems. Collectively, these
systems operate as a dynamic, global digital atlas to communicate
biological information about the ocean and serve as a platform for
further study of biogeographical relationships in the marine
environment. Emphasis is on accurately identified, species-level,
geo-referenced abundance data. Through use of Internet-enabled GIS and
other Web-based analytical tools, biological data can readily be
integrated with environmental data, maps, visualizations, and model
outputs for a broadly based community of users.
FishBase
an international effort to create this huge relational database with
information for research scientists, fisheries managers and zoologist.
FishBase contains practically all fish species know to science.
Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology
Tree of life A collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity
Zoogene A
DNA sequence database for Calanoid Copepods and Euphasusiids: an Ocean
Biogeographical Information System (OBIS) tool for uniform standards of
species identification.
Biogeoinformatics of Hexacorallia Corals,
sea anemones, and their allies: interfacing geospatial, taxonomic and
environmental data for a group of marine invertebrates.
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) offers tutorial for Fish ID and surveys (Spanish)
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Biodiversity & Economics  The Biodiversity Economics Library: Mostly terrestrial but some key observations and sections on wetlands valuation
Protected Areas Conservation Trust, Belize The
protection of both terresterial & marine reserves is funded by a
conservation fee paid by visitors upon departure and a commission from
cruise ship passenger fees.
Economics for MPAs NOAA Coastal Services Center - Tools and case studies to derive the value of protected resources including cost-benefit analysis and social impact assessment.
Duke University, Dr. Randall Kramer: Publications on economics in marine environments
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Marine Biology
OceanLink: Pictures
and lesson plans all about ocean life, from wetlands to hydrothermal
vents, with a great glossary of Marine Biology terms.
NOAA's photo library: Images of marine life
The Marine Conservation Biology Institute Articles and news stories pertaining to saving the oceans' ecosystems
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Marine Policy and Law
Environmental Law Institute : Ocean
program is a major new effort to conserve and protect the marine
environment by addressing governance conflicts, gaps and needs.
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative : the Initiative is positioned to accelerate the pace of positive change in the oceans. The
ten member Task Force is guided by five members from the U.S.
Commission on Ocean Policy and five from the Pew Ocean Commission,
September 2005
An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century : Final Report of the U.S. Commssion on Ocean Policy, September 2004
America's Living Oceans: Charting a Course for Sea Change: Final Report of the Pew Ocean Commission, June 2003
American Fisheries Society: Public Policy Statements and News
California Ocean Resource Management: State of California ocean policy and law.
COREConsortium for Ocean Research and Education: List of and links to Federal Ocean Agencies
NOAA's Fisheries Essential Fish Habitat: U.S. Laws, regulations, guidance and definitions relating to Fisheries Management and the Magnuson-Stevens Act
Pew Ocean Commission: A national dialogue on the policies needed to restore and protect living marine resources in US waters.
Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean: An
international network of major oceanographic institutions and their
consortia established to promote and inhance the implementation and
integration of global oceanographic activities.
Policy Agendas Project archives changes in national policy agenda and public policy outcomes since the Second World War to analyze and graph trends.
Environment Australia advises
the Commonwealth Government on policies and programs for the protection
and conservation of the environment, including both natural and
cultural heritage places. Sections on biodiversity and marine protected
areas.
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: Appointed
by the President to establish findings and make recommendation for a
coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy.
University of Delaware: Graduate
College of Marine Studies, Center for the Study of Marine Policy
provides publications on coastal and ocean management and policy
Science and Environment Resource Center - Island Press database of experts in the environmental science and policy arena
Marine Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas of the United States: Managed
by the US Department and Commerce and the U.S. Department of the
Interior, this web site provides information on marine protected areas
as required by Executive Order 13158 including case studies.
MPA News: A
monthly newsletter for International News and Analysis on Marine
Protected Areas published by Marine Affairs Research and Education
(MARE) and the University of Washington School of Marine Affairs.
Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT): Belize
World Wildlife Fund: Fully Protected Marine Reserve: Information, case studies and tools for fisheries management
Social Science Methods for MPAs: NOAA Coastal Services Center - Tools and case studies to demonstrate how social science is used to help MPA managers accomplish their goals.
UN Atlas - Gulf of California
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Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
Manitoba's sustainable fisheries
Aquaculture resources by the University of Delaware
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Other Websites of Interest
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, A Toolkit for Understanding Action: Protecting Nature's Services. Protecting Ourselves.
from Island Press. Learn what we can do now to protect our natural systems and safegrouard them for current and future generations.
Download your copy.
The World Ocean Observatory
The World Conservation Union - Global Marine Program
Natural Selection: A
subject-specific gateway to the natural world and part of the Resource
Discovery Network of the natural History Museum in London and Biome
based at the University of Nottingham.
Shifting Baselines The truth about ocean decline
Shifting Baselines Scienceblogs Join the most recent ocean focused debate.
Scripps Pier weather observation for climate research
Blue Planet Divers :A
central locale for internet posting of individuals or organizations
seeking skilled, certified divers to conduct research diving.
Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center :This
facility in Bay Islands, Honduras operates a year-round whale shark
monitoring and research station. The organization is commited to the
preservation of the coral reefs and surrounding waters of Utila.
Global Programme of Action for the Protetion of Marine Environment from land-based Pollution (GPA)
Selected Online Resources: Sponsored by the Scripps Center for Earth Observations and Applications
The Earth Portal Sponsored by: The National Council for Science and the Environment
Breaking Waves: A Digest of Ocean News sponsored by the World Ocean Observatory
Spotted Grouper - Line Islands Expedition - Photo by: Jim Maragos
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