Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 6: Multicellular Primary Producers: Seaweeds and Plants

Marine Biology on the Net

Phaeophyta

• Life History and Ecology of the Phaeophyta
  From the U.C. Berkeley Museum.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/browns/phaeolh.html
  (Added: Sun Jul 15 2001)

Chlorophyta

• Introduction to the Green Algae
  From the Berkeley Museum, and a link to a page on red algae.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/greenalgae/greenalgae.html
  (Added: Sun Jul 15 2001)

Economic and Ecological Importance of Algae

• There Are Algae in Your House
  A lesson plan from the Smithsonian Institute pointing out the common uses of algae and their extracts.
  http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/education_lesson1.html
  (Added: Sun Jul 15 2001)

Macroscopic Algae and Sea Grasses

• Western Australian Seagrass Web Page
  Also contains information and links on seagrasses, as well as links to other Australian marine biology sites.
  http://wwwscience.murdoch.edu.au/centres/others/seagrass/
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• University of Rhode Island Seagrass Restoration
  Describes processes, problems of seagrass restororation.
  http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/html/tech_sci/restsea.htm

• Tampa Bay Seagrass Restoration
  Describes techniques
  http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2002/11