Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 13: Life on the Continental Shelf

Marine Biology on the Net

Shallow Subtidal Communities

• Shallow Subtidal
  Nice photographs and text showing typical life found in the shallow subtidal off the San Juan Islands of Washington State.
  http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/shallowsubtidal.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
  Photographs of subtidal rocky habitat and fauna nearby.
  http://cordellbank.noaa.gov/environment/bio_res.html

Kelp Forests

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Kelp Forest Exhibit
  Photographs and video of the living kelp exhibit, facts about kelp
  http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/kelp.asp

• Australian kelp forests
  Photographs of the biota, good explanations
  http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/jewel/kelp

Fertilization in sea urchins

• These links presenting the research given in the text:
  http://mbe.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/20/2/220