Links on the www: Aquatic Sciences

Aquatic Sciences

The internet sites were selected based upon the authority and/or reputation of the issuing body in addition to the quality and organization of the website

• Freshwater
• Oceanography/ Marine
• Wetlands
• Aquatic Plants
• Aquatic Wildlife

• National Water and Climate Center The National Water and Climate Center is part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, which is an agency of the US Department of Agriculture.
  
  
• U.S. Geological Survey: Water Resources of the United States The USGS's National Water Information Center is designed to serve as a focus for the dissemination of water-resources information to all levels of government, academia, the private sector, and the general public.
  
  
• American Rivers North America's leading national river-conservation organization.

• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) NGDC acts as a primary archive and distribution point for marine geological and geophysical data collected with NSF funds.
  
  
• National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) World's largest collection of publicly available oceanographic data.
  
  NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) NCCOS’ mission is to provide coastal managers with scientific information and tools needed to balance society’s environmental, social, and economic goals.
  
  
• NOAA's National Ocean Service "The Nation's principal advocate for coastal and ocean stewardship through partnerships at all levels."
  
  
• SeaWeb A multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it. A project of the Pew charitable trust.
  
  
• United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) The Centre is the biodiversity assessment and policy implementation arm of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), combining scientific research with practical policy advice.

• National Wildlife Federation: Water and Wildlife The National Wildlife Federation works to ensure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers keeps in mind wildlife, plants and fish when planning, constructing and operating projects.
  
  
• Wetland Related Sites Maintained by the Society of Wetland Scientists.

• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS). United States Geological Survey.
  
  
• PLANTS Database The PLANTS Database provides a single source of standardized information about plants. PLANTS provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information.

• European Register of Marine Species Research consortium funded by the European Union under the MAST (Marine Science and Technology) programme.
  
  
• FishBase FishBase is like en encyclopedia, with key data on the biology of all fishes.
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Fisheries Department FAO's Major Programme on Fisheries focuses its activities through programmes in Fishery Resources, Fishery Policy, Fishery Industries, and Fishery Information.
  
  
• Freshwater and Marine Image Bank An ongoing digital collection of images related to freshwater and marine topics, in all their diversity. Includes over 15,000 images of fish, shellfish, and marine mammals, pictures of fish hatcheries and dams and vessels, materials related to polar exploration, regional and traditional fisheries, and limnological (freshwater) subjects dating from 1735 to 1924. From the University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections."
  
  
• Marine Organisms Database This is a database of approximately 210 invertebrates and fish that are collected or maintained by the Aquatic Resources Division of the Marine Resources Department, Woods Hole.
  
  
• Marine Mammal Species Resources National Marine Mammal Laboratory.
  
  
• National Marine Fisheries Service Historic Image Collection Images from an 1880's study by George Brown Goode, Deputy Commissioner of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.
  
  
• NOAA Fisheries Service NOAA Fisheries is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NMFS administers NOAA's programs which support the domestic and international conservation and management of living marine resources.
  
  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "Working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."