South Florida Aquatic Environments: This page has been created by the Florida Museum of Natural History and includes educational information regarding coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses of south Florida.
Florida Bay & Adjacent Marine Systems: This page provides and overview of the science program dedicated to the understanding of Florida Bay and its effects on adjacent marine systems. Here you can also find a database of research on Florida Bay as well as abstracts from recent Florida Bay Science Conferences.
International Year of the Ocean (1998):
Shark information
Information on elasmobranch anatomy, conservation, physiology, behavior, and evolution
Information on mangroves and other native Florida plants
Winter 98-99 issue of the ORF newsletter
In this issue you will find articles about sonar and marine mammals, turtle conservation in Greece, the Makah whale hunt, the first annual meeting of the Baja California marine turtle group, coral reef restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and more about the Pacific gray whales and Laguna San Ignacio.
Gene Buck summaries for the Congressional Research Service (CRS)
These archived summaries are a great source for news about marine mammals and fisheries.
National Data Buoy Center
Mariners can receive the latest coastal and offshore weather observations through the Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations. The stations are located in the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes and are operated by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). NDBC is part of the National Weather Service (NWS). All C-MAN stations report the winds, air temperature, and pressure; some also report wave information, water temperature, visibility, and dew point.
Interactive Marine Observations
Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site (SGNIS)
Looking for peer-reviewed science-based information on zebra mussels and other nonindigenous species? This site contains a comprehensive collection of research publications and education materials produced by Sea Grant programs and others, and includes more than 500 peer-reviewed research and outreach reports. In addition to the Sea Grant research available, the site provides access to over 100 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports as well as material from the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. This site is useful for industrial and municipal water users, shoreline property owners, boaters, resource management agencies, students, teachers, outreach professionals, researchers and the news media.
RayCon Beacons
Article on navigational aids recently installed along the Florida Keys to protect the coral reefs from ship groundings.
