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Encyclopedias & Handbooks Etc
OCEAN & EARTH SCIENCE ENCYCLOPEDIAS & HANDBOOKS
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Comprehensive Ocean Dictionary
: Japanese-English-Spanish-French
Definitions of Fisheries Technical Terms
Glossary of Marine Biology
Glossary of Coral Morphologic Terms
Optical Oceanography Glossary
Glossary of Physical Oceanography & Related Disciplines
Glossary of Scientific Terms (Physical Oceanography)
Glossary of Terms (Underwater Sound & Oceanography)
Tide & Current Glossary
Glossary of Coastal Terminology
IOC/UNESCO List of Ocean Related Titles & Acronyms
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences
Encyclopedia of Earth
Treatise on Geochemistry
Treatise on Geophysics
Glossary of Meteorological Terms
: English, Russian
Glossary of Climatology/Climate Data Terms
Glossary of Selected Meteorological Terms & Definitions
Weather Glossary
Dictionary of Geologic Terms
OTHER SCIENCE ENCYCLOPEDIAS & HANDBOOKS
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
AccessScience: McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Wiley Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Knovel Handbooks
including
Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology
Core Chemistry Resources
: S&E Library
CRC handbooks
: environmental, engineering, chemicals, math, statistics etc
Periodic Table of Elements:
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Landbolt-Bornstein Group V Geophysics
: meteorology, oceanography, geophysics, physical properties of rocks
Constants & Equations Pages
GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS & HANDBOOKS
Oxford Reference Online
Encyclopaedia Britannica / Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary / Collegiate Thesaurus
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
yourDictionary.com
includes foreign language dictionaries
Language Dictionaries & Translators
Thesaurus:
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Encarta Encyclopedia, Dictionary, & Atlas
CIA World Factbook
Online Directory of Translation and Interpreting Services
ZOOLOGICAL HANDBOOKS / WEBSITES
Taxonomicon
uBio Taxonomic Name Server
Neave's Nomenclator Zoologicus
of genera
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Biodiversity & Biological Collections: biocollections.org
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
: North America biota
Species 2000
Zoological Record Taxonomic Hierarchy
Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names
Directories of Taxonomists
Systematics, Taxonomy, & Nomenclature
Classification Schemes
Vernacular / Common Names
Cnidarians
Actiniaria.com
Hexacorallians of the World
Octocoral Research Center
Tool for identifying zooxanthellate coral genera
Phylum Ctenophora: List of All Valid Species Names
Stauromedusae: List Of All Valid Species Names
Crustaceans
Crustacea.net, an information system for crustaceans of the world
Copepod Web Portal
World List of Marine & Freshwater Crustacea Isopoda
Guide to the Coastal Isopods of California
Molluscs
CephBase
California Abalone
Regional Species Lists, Molluscs
Taxonomic Key for Pacific Coast nudibranchs
Sea Slug Forum
Fish
Amazing Grunion
Annotated Checklists of Fishes
Catalog of Fishes
Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
Fish Identification Guides
[Calif Dept Fish Game]
Fish List: Checklist of Marine & Estuarine Fishes of the Northeast Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California
Fish Pics Database -- Pacific Coast Fishes
FishBase
LarvalBase
Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
Seafood List
FAO Species Identification
Mammals
Mammal Species of the World
Marine Mammals of California
Mammalian Species
Marine Mammals of the World
OTHER: phyla / groups / kingdoms / regionals
Algae: The Forgotten Treasure of Tidepools
AlgaeBase
Ascidiacea.com
CalPhotos: Animals
CalPhotos: Plants
California Living Marine Resources: a Status Report
Diatom Genus Project
Divebums (San Diego)
: click on Field ID
Echinoid Directory
FAO Species Identification
Field Guides, North America
(very thin coverage)
Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students & Educators
Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur
Marine Flatworms of the World
Pacific Coast Gelatinous Zooplankton
The Procaryotes
Southern California Assn of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists
SCAMIT Taxonomic Tool Box
SCAMIT Links Related to Benthic Taxonomy
Species Profiles: Life Histories & Environmental Requirements of Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates
Tree of Life
World Species List - Animals Plants Microbes
ENDANGERED & THREATENED SPECIES
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources
: a good place to start
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora - CITES
Endangered Species, US F&WS
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Special Status Species, California
Threatened Animals of the World
Traffic
, the wildlife trade monitoring network
CALCULATORS
Oceanographic Utilities
Oceanographic Calculator
Sea Water Equation of State Calculators:
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Ocean Wave Parameter Calculator
Marine Navigation Calculator
Currency Calculators:
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Unit Conversion Calculators:
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Distance Calculator
Latitude Longitude Conversion
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Geological Time:
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ET CETERA
San Diego's Ocean
Cal OCEAN
Calif Coastal Records Project
: coastline aerial photographic survey
Calif Fish & Game Laws & Regulations
California Shipwrecks
Guide to the Artificial Reefs of Southern California
Automated Wreck & Obstruction Information System, NOAA
International Shark Attack File Statistics of Shark Attacks
Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
NOAA Photo Library
National Sea Grant Library Digital Libraries
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