Larval Dispersal
“Benthic Ecology and Nearshore Oceanograhy Lab,” the home page for JesÚs Pineda of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is a terrific site to visit for additional information on larval dispersal and the ways in which larvae find a suitable attachment site where they can complete their life cycles.
Visit the Benthic Ecology and Nearshore Oceanograhy Lab web site
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Intertidal Communities
This web site, presented by SUNY - Stony Brook, has a large gallery of animals and plants that inhabit North American rocky intertidal zones.
Visit the Rocky Shores web site
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Intertidal Communities
Click here to visit a web site devoted to mud flats (hosted by the State University of New York, Stony Brook campus).
Visit the Soft-bottom Shores web site
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Intertidal Communities
The Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce offers a web site devoted to sandy beaches and tidal creeks along Florida’s east coast (including the Indian River Lagoon System).
Visit the Beach Habitats web site
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Intertidal Communities
The U.S. EPA's Oil Spills home page. Visit this site to learn everything you've always wanted to know about oiled beaches, including impacts, prevention, clean-up, and reporting of these environmental disasters.
Visit the EPA Oil Program Learning Center web site
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Shallow Subtidal Communities
If you’re interested in New England's kelp community, you can read this technical paper (hosted by Dalhousie University) dedicated to the harvest and culture of Laminaria longicruris in Eastern Canada.
Visit the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations web site
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