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Oceans & Climates
Advanced Science Students Study Global Climate Change At SEA
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Directory Sites
Covering five of the major world biomes.
www.worldbiomes.com
Biodiversity and Mutualism in Ecosystems
Technical paper on the importance of biodiversity and mutualism (co-operation between different species) to ecosystem function and structural organization.
angelfire.com
The Buell-Small Succession Study
A long term old-field permanent-plot ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont.
www.ecostudies.org
Fact sheets, photos, and video clips on the climate, location, animal and plant adaptations, land formations, and human influences of seven major terrestrial biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, grassland, chaparral, desert, and rainforest.
library.thinkquest.org
Introduction to aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra biomes. School class project.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World
Maps, descriptions, and index to 687 ecoregions across the globe. Javascript required.
www.nationalgeographic.com
Photographs of plants, animals, and landscapes from dry tropical habitats in the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, and Asia. Dry tropical habitat types include tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, thorn forest, spiny desert, savannah, cerrado, and caatinga.
www.explorelifeonearth.org
The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
Online book about the current status and trends of the environment of the United States, aimed at public policy makers and concerned citizens.
www.heinzctr.org
Ecological Society of America Panel on Vegetation Classification
Constituted by the Ecological Society of America to support and facilitate the creation of standardized, scientifically credible North American vegetation type classification.
www.esa.org
Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
Photographs by ecologist Len Webb depict a wide variety of native vegetation, fauna, landscapes, and soils, mainly in tropical and subtropical Northeastern Australia. Represents a wide range of ecosystem types.
www.gu.edu.au
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Reports from international effort to inventory global ecosystems, their contribution to human development, and the effect of the ongoing degradation of ecosystem services on human well-being.
www.millenniumassessment.org
A Mysterious Journey - Rainforest, Desert, Grassland
Educational site about the 3 major biomes of the world, rainforest, desert and grassland.
www.thinkquest.org
Information related to ecosystems in the Pacific and Yukon regions of Canada, including state of the environment reporting, environmental indicators, and programs and reports on ecosystem science, monitoring and research.
www.ecoinfo.ec.gc.ca
Descriptions and images of the biomes of the world, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems. From the Missouri Botanical Garden.
mbgnet.mobot.org
Detailed descriptions and images of the world's ecoregions. Javascript required.
www.worldwildlife.org