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Marine Realms Information Bank Introduction to the conceptual design of the Marine Realms Index Bank, a distributed geolibrary that catalogues and provides access to information about marine, coastal, and lake environments, with instructions and access to search interface. (Score: 3.000)
Coastal ecosystems Coastal ecosystem research at the Western Ecological Research Center with summaries of current projects and fact sheets on research studies (PDF format). (Score: 1.323)
Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Program Site for Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Program conducting scientific research in the coastal and offshore areas of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and other US Pacific Islands. (Score: 1.323)
Access USGS - San Francisco Bay and Delta Main page for accessing links for information and data on the San Francisco Bay estuary and its watershed with links to highlights, water, biology, wetlands, hazards, digital maps, geologic mapping, winds, bathymetry and overview of the Bay. (Score: 1.101)
Coastal and Marine Geology program locator help Help and access for using the Coastal and Marine Geology Program locator, a tool to locate online resources produced as a part of research programs including educational resources, movies, photos, project overviews, maps, publications, and data. (Score: 1.000)
Diatoms: applications Use of diatoms in biostratigraphy,coastal and estuarine studies, paleoceanology, paleoliminology, earthquake studies, environmental quality and forensic studies. Includes listing of USGS diatom projects and links to other diatom websites. (Score: 1.000)
Marine Realms Information Bank: topic search, geographic search Searching by geography and topics to locate scientific information about oceans, lakes, marine environments and coastal environments. (Score: 1.000)
TerraWeb Terrestrial remote sensing program with links to coastal and marine, arid and semi-arid, other land environmental data and digital image products plus software Mini Image Processing Sensing System (MIPS). (Score: 1.000)
Center for Coastal & Regional Marine Studies - St. Petersburg, Florida Homepage for the Center for Coastal & Regional Marine Studies with links to newsletter, projects, products, location, and contacts. (Score: 0.975)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit The Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to survey data, publications, maps, and results. (Score: 0.934)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Mississippi Embayment study unit The Mississippi Embayment is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to survey data, publications, maps, and results. (Score: 0.921)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - New England Coastal Basins study unit The New England Coastal Basins form a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to data, publications, and results. (Score: 0.864)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Santee River Basin and Coastal Drainage (SANT) study unit The Santee River Basin and Coastal Drainage form a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to data, publications, and results. (Score: 0.864)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Southern Florida study unit The Southern Florida area is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to data, publications, and results. (Score: 0.845)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Puget Sound Basin study unit The Puget Sound Basin is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to data, publications, and results. (Score: 0.818)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages study unit The Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages area is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to data, publications, and results. (Score: 0.811)
Coastal and marine ecosystems Chapter entitled Coastal and Marine Ecosystems from the publication Our Living Resources with articles on fish assemblages, manatees, seagrass, reef fishes, coral reef ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, and wetlands. (Score: 0.690)
Community model for coastal sediment transport Description of the National Community Sediment-Transport Model (NCSTM, an open source numerical model for sediment transport in coastal regions. (Score: 0.690)
The fragile fringe: a guide for teaching about coastal wetlands Teachers guide on coastal wetlands to aid in developing lesson plans for different levels of grade school and high school students. Includes general information, activities, references, and glossary. (Score: 0.690)
Sea otter research at Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) Webpage on research on sea otters (Euhydra lutris) in the nearshore environment of the eastern Pacific Ocean with information on status of otters on the coast of Alaska, Washington, and California and link to fact sheet in pdf format. (Score: 0.660)
Hurricane and extreme storm impact studies: coastal and nearshore mapping with scanning airborne laser (LIDAR) Airborne scanning laser surveys (LIDAR) are used to obtaining data to investigate the magnitude and causes of coastal changes that occur during severe storms. Links to examples of coastal mapping during specific hurricanes. (Score: 0.640)
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