Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 15: Life Near the Surface

Marine Biology on the Net

Adaptations for Planktonic Life

• The Bioluminescence Web Page
  Interesting information, photographs, and links on this topic.
  http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

Primary Productivity

• Net Primary Productivity Database
  This site has much information, from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The emphasis, however, is on terrestrial ecosystems.
  http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov/NPP/npp_home.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

Zooplankton

• Copepod General Biology
  A short page on zooplankton.
  http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/crust/copbiol.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Pelagic Zone
  Zooplankton. Text and photographs of zooplankton.
  http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/pelagic4.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

El Niño

• El Niño: Research, Forecasts, and Observation
  The NOAA El Niño page. Includes animations and graphics.
  http://www.elnino.noaa.gov
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Ocean Watch
  This site describes the 1997-1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and you can watch the changes in sea surface temperature in a terrific video.
  http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/el%20nino/movie3.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• The El Niño Theme Page
  Much information on El Niño and La Niña supported by NOAA.
  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/nino-home.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

La Niña

• NOAA La Niña Page
  http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/lanina.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

Southern Ocean Global Environmental Change (GLOBEC): three sites

http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/Research/globec_menu.html