Biodiversity links

Marine Biodiversity Links
General Biodiversity Links - Canada, Europe, United States, Other
Marine Conservation Links - Canadian, International
Marine Data Links
Biodiversity Education Links
Related Centres and Organizations
Related Academic Institutions
CMB Member Affliations
Reference Lists
Biodiversity Industry Links
Online Catalogs and Directories

Marine Biodiversity Links

• Canadian Biodiversity Strategy - A Follow-Up Audit by the Auditor General
• Encyclopedia of the Sanctuaries - NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program has announced a new free online resource that highlights the diverse marine life of America's ocean and Great Lakes treasures. The "Encyclopedia of the Sanctuaries" offers photos, streaming video and important facts for more than 100 key animal
  and plant species from each of the national marine sanctuaries.
• International Year of the Ocean
• Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network: Biodiversity
• European Platform on Biodiversity
• World Resource Institute: Biodiversity in Marine Ecosystems
• BIOMARE
• SeaMap
• International Oceanographic Commission
• Census of Marine Life - biodiversity workshop sponsor
• Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation - Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• WWF-OASIS report ‘Seamounts of the North-East Atlantic’
• Report - Managing risk and uncertainty in deep-sea fisheries: lessons from Orange Roughy
• Gulf of Maine Data Partnership
• Gulf of Maine Times
  

General Biodiversity Links

Canada

• OBIS Canada
  
• Canada's Biodiversity Convention
• Species at Risk Website: Canada
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Biodiversity Portrait of the St. Lawrence
• Canadian Biodiversity Project

Europe

• United Kingdom Biodiversity
• Global Biodiversity Forum
• Scottish Biodiversity Forum

United States

• National Biological Information Infrastrastructure (NBII)
• International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002
• Nearctica: General Biodiversity
• World Resource Institute: General Biodiversity
• Center for Biological Diversity: USA
• Rutgers University Biodiversity Centre Homepage

Other

• Australian Community Biodiversity Network
• The Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• La Comision Nacional Para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO): Mexico
• Costa Rican National Institute of Biodiversity
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Related Centres and Organizations

• Centre for Biodiversity Research: British Columbia
• Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network
• The Biodiversity Convention Office: Canada
• The Oceanic Resource Foundation
• Pacific Biodiversity Institute
• Ecology Action Centre
• Fisheries Centre: University of British Columbia
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Fisherman and Scientists Research Society
• The Nature Conservatory: Canada
• Environment Canada: Atlantic Region
• Defenders of Wildlife: The Biodiversity Centre: USA
• Illinois Natural History Survey: Center for Biodiversity
• World Wildlife Fund Atlantic Programme
• Sail the Net - boating internet resource

Marine Conservation Links

Canadian

• Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre
• Atlantic Canada Conservation Centre
• Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre
• Canadian Ocean Habitat Protection Society

International

• Centre for Marine Conservation: USA
• Marine Fish Conservation Network
• International Year of the Ocean
• Marine Protected Areas of the United States
• Marine Protected Areas: New Zealand
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• World Resources Institute: Tools for Protecting Marine Biodiversity

Biodiversity Education Links

• Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island
• Ocean Link: Marine Biodiversity
• Marine Biology Web
• The Bergen Advanced Training Site in Marine Ecology (BATMARE)
• BIODAQUA - Canada/UK exchange program
• Virtual exhibit of the coastal ecology of Atlantic Canada, specifically Nova Scotia
• Canada's Polar Life
• Forum for Ocean Affairs - A place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival. Incorporating THE PHYSICAL OCEAN , the UN Atlas of the Oceans and other useful sites; THE WORLD OCEAN DIRECTORY , an indexed network of organizations worldwide with ocean interests; THE WORLD OCEAN FORUM , a digest of ocean conferences, publications, exhibits, news and media; and THE WORLD OCEAN CLASSROOM , an inventory of curriculum, ocean exemplars and educational resources for global distribution.

   

CMB Member Affliations

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Huntsman Marine Science Centre
• Dalhousie University: Oceanography
• World Wildlife Fund Canada
• University of Washington
• School for Resources and Environmental Studies (SRES)

Related Academic Institutions

• Center for Coastal Studies
• College Programs in Marine Biology
• Marine Laboratories, Institutes and Graduate Programs
• Biodiversity in the University of Southampton
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Woods Hole Oceanography Institution
• Challenge Grants in Biodiversity: University of Alberta
• University of Connecticut Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
• Smithsonian Biodiversity Programs
• Marine Biology Station: Memorial University, NFLD

Reference Lists

• California Biolbliography Library: Biodiversity
• Marine Reserves and Protected Areas
• Marine Benthic Diversity
• Population Genetics and Speciation in the Sea
• Marine Invasions

Biodiversity Industry Links

• FIGS.ca - Scientific Illustrator - Halifax, NS.

Online Catalogs and Directories

• Intute - access to web resources for education and research
• Global Change Master Directory