For general info about marine organisms:

Monterey Bay aquarium marine organism info

• http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/  follow this link, then in the “Kid’s Corner”, check out the online field guide:

Oceanlink

• http://oceanlink.island.net/

Sea and Sky

• http://www.seasky.org/sea.html

     Professor Eernisse (also in the Biology Department at CSUF)

• http://biology.fullerton.edu/biol319/marinebio.html

 

Some great marine labs and organizations:

Southern California Marine Institute, SCMI (affiliated with many colleges and universities and provides docking space for our research vessel.)

• http://www.scmi.us/

USC Wrigley Marine Institute, Catalina Island

• http://wrigley.usc.edu/

Ocean institute, Dana Point, CA

• http://www.ocean-institute.org/news/news60.html

Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Coastal Ocean (PISCO)

• http://www.piscoweb.org/

Lowe Lab, CSU Long Beach (Icthyology)

• http://www.csulb.edu/web/labs/sharklab/history/index.shtml

Helmuth Lab, South Carolina

• http://www.biol.sc.edu/~helmuthlab/index.html

 

Aquariums in California

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach

• http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/default2.html

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro

• http://www.cabrilloaq.org/

Birch Aquarium at SCRIPPS, La Jolla

• http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/index.cfm

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay

• http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

 

Hilarious and quirky stories:

Love Lab, (UCSB); a hilarious and scientific website!

• http://www.id.ucsb.edu/lovelab/

Beached Nike Shoes anyone?

• http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Nike-Pacific-Dump-Ebbsmeyer.htm

 

California Department of Fish and Game

§        http://www.dfg.ca.gov/

 

Follow these links to learn more about the battle between NRDC and the NAVY over potential harm to marine mammals from sonar:

• http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/nlfa.asp
• http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/Highlights/index.htm

 

The following are some useful and interesting links about marine biology.  Happy surfing!