Data and Information Resources
Links
NOAA's Coral Reef Information System
Designed to be a single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products, especially those derived from NOAA's Coral Reef Initiative Program. CoRIS will evolve and grow in the months ahead to encompass an ever widening array of product and information offerings.
Norwegian Marine Fauna
http://www.marinbi.com/engindex.htm
Site contains more than 300 underwater wildlife photos of marine animals taken around the Norwegian coast.
Ocean AdVENTure
http://library.thinkquest.org/18828/
A virtual journey to hydrothermal vents in the sunless depths of the oceans to learn about their formation, fauna, significance, and unsolved mysteries.
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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.
Ocean Central
http://www.geocities.com/oceancentral/
General information site with forum for oceanographic discussions.
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level
The global data bank for long term sea level change information from tide gauges.
Portal Oceanico
The gateway for all the information related to oceans in Caribbean and South America regions
Reef Base: a global information system on coral reefs.
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.
SAVAGE SEAS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/
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.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography News
Scripps Institution of Oceanography today is world renowned for its preeminence in scientific disciplines relating to biology, physics, chemistry, climatology, geosciences, and geophysics



