Marine biology

Marine Biodiversity
www.marbef.org/
The EC funded Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning network’s web site with links to on going EC research in the field and summary of reports and findings from earlier work.

Bioluminescence
http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/
A series of resources including images on bioluminescence.

The fate of a dead whale
http://www.nurp.noaa.gov/Spotlight/Whales.htm
An account by US scientists on the fate of whale falls in the ocean including some images of whale carcasses at varying stages of the process.

Images of ocean and abyssal life
www.exploretheabyss.com/photo/index.htm
A photo library of images of open ocean and deep sea floor organisms including mesopelagic plankton and abyssal animals.

Whale research projects
http://www.whaleresearch.org/index.htm
The charismatic nature of marine mammals, and especially cetaceans, means that a large number of volunteer funded projects exist worldwide. These contribute information to our slowly growing understanding of the ecology of the open ocean. This site offers a number of links to project pages and also to various ‘critter cams’ – web cams fitted on to the study animals.

The Continuous Plankton Recorder scheme (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science)
http://www.sahfos.ac.uk/index.asp
The continuous plankton recorder scheme uses data collection by ‘ships’ of opportunity to collect information on the phytoplankton and zooplankton in the World’s seas and oceans. The website includes links to previous reports, an atlas and image library and assessments of the health of the seas based on the plankton.