Helpful Websites for Research Projects

Dogfish Dissections Helpful Websites

Ø       This website should be really helpful to you as you look at the sharks external anatomy: http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/shark/english/anatomy.htm

Ø       To help you identify organs and structures of the shark’s internal anatomy you may want to visit this page: http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/Biology/ppepe/BIO145/lab04.html#anchor1742562

Ø       This website has some very cool video footage of a dogfish dissection-but you might not be able to access it from the laptops-but you may want to check it out at home:  http://www.amnh.org/learn/pd/sharks_rays/rfl_dissection/

Invertebrate Evolution Helpful Websites:

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/03_oceanlife/c2_algae.php (good overview of invertebrate evolution--not too much specific information--but it is a good place to start your research)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_timeline (Provides an evolutionary timeline-you may want to start your search here.  Lots of good information-especially if you follow all of the links. And I know it is wikipedia, which is a huge no-no, but I went through it and all of the information that I checked out is good--and it is really well organized)

http://tolweb.org/tree/ (this website is from a project called the Tree of Life Project.  Contains excellent information on some of the more common phyla)

http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/default.htm (This website has lots of good information for Porifera, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chordata, Bryozoa and Archaeocyatha)

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/I/Invertebrates.html#The_Origin_and_Evolution_of_Animals_(Metazoa) (this site has some information for platehelminthes, annelida, and nematoda)

Arthropod Lab Investigation Helpful Resources February 19, 2007

	For helpful information on horseshoe crabs, check out this website: http://www.horseshoecrab.org This site has some great information on the medical importance of horseshoe crabs.
	For helpful information on lobsters, visit: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=533
	For helpful information on marine invasive species, please check out this article: http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife_Journal/WJ_sample_stories/WJ_d05_Aquatic_hitchhikers.pdf
	Go to this video clip to see some barnacles feeding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQv9idNRvdc
	This website provides some excellent general information on barnacles: http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/barnacles.html
	This website provides a helpful interactive document to help you understand barnacle life cycles: http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/activities/lifecycle/activity.cfm?groupid=10

In-Class Activity for Wednesday/Thursday Jan 31/Feb 1

Prehistoric Shark Filmed in Japan this week:

Read about this Prehistoric Shark on the National Geographic Website: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070124-sharks-photo.html

Now check out the video footage:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS5yQFqXaaY

Exploring Phylum Mollusca

Mimic Octopus

Read about the Mimic Octopus here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0920_octopusmimic.html

Check out a cool photo of a Mimic Octopus:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/photogalleries/animal-photos/photo3.html

Now check out some video footage here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8UMBoyMScA

If the above site doesn't work, you can check out this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4542123930783057842&q=mimic+octopus

Shark vs. Octopus

Who are you going to bet on?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZx0CTq7Iks

If the above website doesn't work--check this one: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3077330386558492499&q=shark+vs+octopus

Blue Ring Octopus

Read about some of the characteristics of the Blue Ring Octopus here:

    http://www.earlham.edu/~sheedjo/blue-ringedoctopus.htm

And then check out some video footage of the organism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9trGnkHzxqo

Learn about an Octopus' ability to regenerate limbs:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070118-octopus-video.html

Check out an Octopus' ability to move through tight quarters!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070116-octopus-video.html

Learn about Octopus Intelligence by reading the following article:

"Through the Eye of an Octopus"

http://www.discover.com/issues/oct-03/features/feateye/

Giant Squid

Read about the Giant Squid here: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html

Giant Squid Photographs

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061222-giant-squid.html

And then check out some video footage of the organism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIELef5R6nY

Vampire Squid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dggTFyXWdys

Nudibranchs

Check out some video footage of Julianne's favorite invertebrates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L32nL-_gFrQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3weisTFv3bE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlB1-EabgI

Helpful Websites for Mollusca Lab

For the Clam Dissection:

http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/clam.html

For the Squid Dissection:

http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/animals/squid.html

Helpful Websites for Echinoderm lab:

http://faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/Pages/Lab%20Exercises/Echinoderms.htm

For the sea urchin dissection:

http://www.carolina.com/flash/sea_urchin_tutorial.asp

For the Crinoid Station:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/crinoidea.html

Plankton Jigsaw Activity

	If you are in the Dead Zone group, explore the following website: http://www.smm.org/deadzone/ , read this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/04/050426213725.htm and read this article: http://www.lumcon.edu/Information/news/default.asp?XMLFilename=20050801RabalaisHypoxia.xml
	If you are in the Red Tide group, read this article: http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=5618 and listen to the following NPR episode: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5716718
	If you are in the Plankton and Climate Change group read the article provided by Julianne: Climate Impact on Plankton Ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic
	If you are in the Food Web group, listen to the following NPR episodes: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5345480 and  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4658917
	If you are in the Missing Plankton group: listen to this NPR episode http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4750600

Gulf Challenger Field Trip-Helpful Websites for Writing Your Report

Get "real time" data from a buoy out in Great Bay: http://www.ciceet.riocean.com

Learn about the research being done at Jackson Lab: http://marine.unh.edu/jel/home.htm

Learn how the different physical factors that we tested for affects marine life: http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Monitoring/Water.html

Get "real time" data from a buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean for comparison: http://www.gomoos.org/oceanconditions/

Climate Change-Helpful Websites

Ecological Footprint Quiz:

http://www.earthday.org/footprint/index.asp

Carbon Emissions Quiz

http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/

New data on the melting ice caps: 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060914-arctic-ice.html

This site includes animation of the Greenhouse Effect: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/global_warming_version2.html

Hurricane Project- Due Friday September, 14, 2006

National Weather Service/ National Hurricane Center :

  This website will give you the most recent information about current weather and hurricane threats:    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

How Stuff Works: Hurricanes

This website will tell you everything you need to know about how hurricanes form: http://www.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm

The animation that we looked at in class can be found at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4588149.stm

For pictures of the structure of hurricanes, check out this website:

http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/hurricane/321.htm

How do hurricanes help marine life? http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040905/NEWS/40905029/1385/SPECIAL0111

Tsunami May Have Dealt Blow to Marine Life:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=383497&page=1

Learn about the effect El Nino has had on this year's hurricane season: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2699.htm Posted Sept 15, 2006