Academic/Educational Sites |
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| Odyssey Courses - On-line information about marine topics - reefs, fish, marine ecology, etc. - This is a must. If you don't look at any other link on this page, check this one out. | Skin Diver |
| About.com's Scuba Diving section - a plethora of information on scuba diving | |
| The Deep Sea Pages - information about deep sea species and the deep sea floor - Way cool! | Rodales - Scuba Magazine Online |
| Marine Life Resources Page - A collection of Marine Life related sites | Ultimate Dive Locations Site |
| The Cephalopod Home page - squids, octopuses, and other fun things | Aquanaut - covers all aspects of diving |
| Marine Life Hazards - Who to watch out for. All you want to know and more. | Scuba Central |
| Marine Life Learning Center | Scuba Times |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Library | |
| Florida Natural History Library, Archive & Map Collections | |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library | |
| Glossary of Marine Biology Terms - Don't be intimidated by this, go check it out. | |
| Hawaiian Marine Life | |
Marine Ecology |
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| Marine ecology is of special interest to me. I began my college pursuit as a biology major headed for marine biology; that is until chemistry de-railed me. After I became a scuba instructor I taught marine awareness in addition to scuba, because I believed that divers would be more comfortable and gain more enjoyment from their diving experience if they were not afraid of what they saw (or didn't see). One of my inspirations was Dee Scarr's "Touch the Sea". Another part of my course dealt with the importance of neutral bouyancy. Becoming comfortable with bouyancy control is the second most important skill a diver can learn in regards to comfort after mask clearing. Most students never fully attain the skill in their Open Water class and if not properly encouraged, may never learn it. Additionally, damage from fin dragging and silt from stirring the bottom, highly contributes to reef kill. | Marine Life Conservation - A quite extensive collection of marine life conservation pages |
| Marine Ecology Links - More links than you can read | Overfished fish - FROM THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL |
| Careers in Marine Biology | The Tennessee Aquarium - The world's largest freshwater aquarium |
| Coral Health and Monitoring Program - The mission of the Coral Health and Monitoring Program is to provide services to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world | Coral Reef References - |
| Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1999 in PDF format | Florida's Reef's - including general reef terminology |
| Reef Relief - organization protecting coral reefs | |
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