Earth Sciences: Oceanography: Data and Information Resources

Guide to seabed samples from the ocean basins and European continental waters, held at European institutions.

Your guide to Oceanographic and Marine Data & Information in Europe.

Links to National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council online reports and report summaries on ocean-related topics.

A selective, annotated directory of Internet resources geared toward high school and college students as well as professional researchers.

Familiarize yourself with the Antarctic marine ecosystem, hydrothermal vent communities and eelgrass habitats. The site contains lesson information, resource links, a student activity, and a self grading test with detailed answer sheet and remedial links, to help students assess their knowledge.

This companion site to the new PBS series offers a collection of informative pieces and activities centered around the world's oceans. The site is divided into four principal sections, each of which features an article, brief sidebars, video clips, and in some cases, animations.

Studying dolphins of all kinds - learning and research by Middle School students.

A complete tutorial about atmosphere, climate, waves, currents, tides, beaches, sediment transport, storms, tsunamis.

A broad-scale global array of temperature/salinity profiling floats, known as Argo, is forming a major component of the ocean observing system, with deployments that began in 2000 and are ongoing. For the first time, the physical state of the upper ocean will be systematically measured and assimilated in near real-time.

Gateway to a variety of marine information, data, products, services, careers and advice.

Information on oceanographic study, marine sciences, oceanographic databases and research carried out on the indian ocean and the neighbouring ream countries.

General career guides for oceanography and marine scientists including guides for marine biology, marine mammal work, zoos and aquariums.

Educational resource site for teachers of marine science with sample lessons, elementary lesson plans and curriculum development tips from CITGO/TSA.

Marine Environmental Data are widely distributed throughout the UK amongst many government departments, agencies and laboratories, universities and commercial companies. The UKMED Network develops, maintains and makes available inventories of marine data; develops guidelines for oceanographic data management; improves mechanisms to facilitate data exchange and hence increases the availability of UK Marine Environmental Data for research and wealth creation.

Aimed at hydrographic surveyors with links to hydrographic information, resources and downloads.

World-wide jobs and careers in Oceanography and Marine Sciences.

The Worldwide Ocean Optics Database is a collection of several hundred ocean optics data sets gathered over time that encompass much of the world's oceans.

Reef Base is an online information system on coral reefs designed to provide relevant data and information to reef managers and scientists, as well as the general public.

About the applications of underwater acoustics in ocean research. Researchers today apply their knowledge of how sound travels through water to carry out a myriad of tasks such as detecting underwater eruptions, measuring ocean temperature, and monitoring marine mammals behavior.

an information system designed for use by policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues, and by scientists, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to sustainability.

An information service of the EUCC and Coastinfo International, aimed at professionals in coastal management, planning, conservation and research in Europe.

Offers a multimedia distance learning package on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Central & Eastern Europe.

Provides information about the use of geospatial information technology in Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in the United Kingdom. It also provides links to data, information, hardware and software suppliers, online map servers, journals, and individuals.

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 worlds oceans.

Site contains more than 300 underwater wildlife photos of marine animals taken around the Norwegian coast.