Marine Biology Links

Marine Biology Links
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Updated 2/01/08 at 8:00 PM
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Marine Biology Glossary
Basic Pacific Northwest Critter ID from Beachwatchers
Oregon Coast Classification - be sure to check out the list of Unidentified Critters!
Puget Sound Marine Life - photos
Puget Sound Tidepools - from Puget Sound Shorelines

Classification

Classification, beginning with Kingdom
Skip straight to Kingdom Animalia
Plankton ID - as best that a key can do!

Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton Lab, from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

General Invertebrate Sites

Boydski's PNW invertebrate photos -
PWN marine life - Chris Wilson's photo site
More PNW marine life - sea otter site
Washington DNR - general inverts
Zoo Lab - links to the anatomy of many inverts

Cnidarians

JellyZone

Cephalopods

Build Your Own Squid - be sure to send me a link!

Worms

A site for aquaria-ists, but good general info about marine worms if you explore the links.
Platyhelminthes
Nemertia
- Ribbonworms from Oregon State
Nematoda
Sipunclina
- General info from Beachwatchers
- Sipuncula, from the Museum site, at Berkeley
Chaetognatha
- from Wikipedia (do you know where the hane Wikipedia came from?)
- from the UW - a few photos, and a relationship to something you already know well
- Eric Thuesen's page - very thorough; look for Washington species
Echiura
- From Tree of Life. Note the discrepancies in classifications.
- Checklist and some good general info. Look how many species there are...
Annelida - has links to an e-mail list for Annelid fans :-)

Phylum Chordata

Tree of Life classification - tolweb is regularly peer-reviewed and updated.
Introduction to the Chordata - from sea squirts to sea otters; UC Berkley website
Chordata Introduction - Glasglow University Zoology Museum
Phylum Chordata Overview - Bellarmine College Department of Biology
Phylum Chordata - at Fort Pierce Marine Science Center
Chordata Lecture Notes (not mine!)
Chordate Links - from Montgomery College

Subphylum Vertebrata

Amphioxus Lab (now called Branchiostoma) - Lancelet anatomy. Be sure to click NEXT to follow all the links.
Lancelets - scroll past all the fossil stuff, almost to the bottom
Branchistoma lab

Chondrichthes (sharks)

She Who Dives With Sharks - from the Pt. Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
Spiny Dogfish Dissection - an online lab with lots pf photos

Fish

Puget Sound Basin Salmon -

Fish Classification

Class Osteochthyes - University of Minnesota

Marine Mammals

Introduction to Marine Mammals - the Marine Mammal Center, CA
Harbor Seals - in Puget Sound
Stellar Sea Lions - Sea Lion Cave

Cetaceans: Whales

Whale Classification - Enchanted Learning website. Many links to specific whales.
Orca Network - track whale sightings around the Puget Sound.
Center for Whale Research - a whale ID guide to all 3 pods
Orca Populations by Pod -
Whale Evolution from PBS -
Orca Relief Citizens Alliance - help protect Orcas
The Origin of Whales and the Power of Independent Evidence - whale fossils, analyzed
Cetaceans - the Marine Mammal Center, CA
Whale Sighting Map - Puget Sound

Cetaceans: Dolphins

Dolphin Skeletons - from Oracles of the Deep website
Dolphin Basics - external anatomy
10 Cool Things About Dolphins - National Geographic
Dolphin Anatomy - from The Dolphin Planet

Places

Shoreline Aerial Photos - of any shoreline in Washington.
Puget Sound Online - the Puget Sound Action Team
Port Townsend Marine Science Center
Fort Worden State Park - an aerial view of the beach around the center will open in a new window

Geology

Puget Sound Shorelines - beaches, bluffs, spits, etc
Coastal Processes - a general site; good info on currents and the effect of anthropogenic structures
Geology of the Puget Sound Basin -

Environmental Sites

Timeline of PNW Environmental History -

Global Warming

The Great Global Warming Swindle - some of the IPCC scientists talk openly; notably John Christy, the IPCC Lead Author