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Marine Biology Resource Guide 

Life Forms

Microscopic Life Plankton: Learn about the organisms that you see drift in the water of ponds, beaches and lakes. Plants of the Sea: A fact sheet describing the microscopic animals and plants of the sea. Marine Zooplankton: Images and descriptions of the marine group Zooplankton. Virtual Copepod: An interactive virtual module of the copepod. Plants & Algae Aquatic Plants: A paper explaining the characteristics of the environment of aquatic plants, the types of plants in fresh water. Rhodophyta: Rhodophyta is the scientific name for red algae. Jack Holt provides a description of the red algae. Green Algae: A scientific guide to the plant that thrives in polluted water. Seaweeds: Images and descriptions of the many species of seaweeds. Seagrasses: This paper explains what makes some flowering plants seagrass.

Marine Invertebrates

• Phylum Cnidaria: A guide to the diverse forms of jellyfish.
• Ctenophores: A guide to ctenophores. These animals are found in the majority of marine habitats.
• The Pompeii Worm: A collection of resources about the Pompeii worm.
• Phylum Arthropoda: Provides a descriptive history of the species.
• Porifera: A factsheet on sponges and other groups in the classification.

Fish

• Fish Anatomy: Illustration of external fish anatomy.
• External and Internal Fish Anatomy: A detailed description of the anatomy of the large mouth bass.
• Electric Fish: Explains what is an electric fish and what makes them electric.
• Bony Fish: Detailed description of bony fish and images describing the anatomy.

Reptiles

• Green Sea Turtle: The largest hard-shelled sea turtle in the world and lives in warm tropical oceans.
• Diamondback Terrapins: This species of turtle is the only turtle to live in habitats such as saltwater marshes, costal bays and lagoons in the United States.
• Marine Iguanas: Learn about the behavior of these lizard like reptiles.
• Australian Saltwater Crocodile: A classification fact sheet of the habitat, appearance and breeding behaviors of the Australian Saltwater Crocodile.

Seabirds

• Sea Birds: A detailed description of the seabirds in the Galapagos region.
• Seabird Flash Cards: 18 seabird flash cards providing informational fact sheets about each bird.
• Glaucous-winged Gull: Image gallery of the Larus glaucescens.
• Red-faced Cormorant: This seabird lives in the seas of the Alaskan coast. 

Marine Mammals

• Blue Whale: A description of the largest mammal and creature to ever live on earth.
• Sirenia: This mammal is related to the elephant and is known as the sea cow.
• Sea Otter: A classification fact sheet on the sea otter.
• Sea Mammals: Descriptions of the 7 different sea mammals.
• Polar Bear: This marine mammal lives only in the northern hemisphere.
• Sea Lion: A brief summary about one of the rarest sea lion species in the world, the Australian sea lion.

Oceanic Habitats

Reefs

• Virtual Silurian Reef: Learn about the geological principles of the Silurian reef and take a virtual tour of the reefs.
• Coral Reefs: A guide to all things coral reef from the importance to the conservation of coral reef.
• Types of Reefs: A guide to the four types of coral reefs including a video.

Deep Sea & Trenches

• The Deep Sea: Explains what the deep-sea is and the inhabitants that dwell in the deep-sea.
• Pelagic Zone: A guide to the pelagic zone in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
• Deep Sea Habitats: An incredible amount of information and research studies about deep-sea habitats and adaptations.

Open Ocean

• Ocean Habitats: Take a tour of the open ocean and coral reefs.
• Open Ocean: The Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network describes the habitat of the three northern California open water sanctuaries.
• The Open Ocean: Get to know the home to many organisms and the changes that take place in the open ocean.

Intertidal & Shore

• California's Rocky Intertidal: A summary of the original article from the California Coastal Resource Guide. Illustrates the conditions of the Rocky intertidal zones.
• Rocky Shores: A scientists perceptions and understanding of the ecological interactions of the Rocky shores.
• Mangroves: Mangrove trees grow on tropical shores. This paper describes the tropical shores that house these forests.
• Intertidal Zone: Describes the common habitat of marine animals and plant life in this zone.