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Fisheries and Aquatic Resources The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (FAR) node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) provides access to fisheries and aquatic resources information via the Internet. (Score: 1.380)
Alaska Science Center - Biological Science Office Homepage for programs of the Biological Science Office at the Alaska Science Center in Anchorage on birds, mammals, ecosystems and habitats, fish and fisheries, and other biological subjects. (Score: 1.295)
Columbia Environmental Research Center Website for the Columbia Environmental Research Center with links to staff, publications, databases, field stations, and projects including those on the Rio Grande, burrowing owls, sea turtles, and geospatial technology. (Score: 1.261)
Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) Headquarters and Seattle Laboratory Brief description of the Seattle Laboratory of the Fisheries Research Center in Seattle devoted to fish research including studies in microbiology, behavior, and disease pathogens. (Score: 0.845)
Impounded river systems Article from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources on the serious impacts to river systems due to damming and flow regulation, and rehabilitation, monitoring, and research on such rivers. (Score: 0.690)
Marine resources Detailed report with photos, graphs, and charts on marine resources of five large marine regions of the U.S. covering environment and physical features, and planktonic, benthic, fishery, amphibian, bird, and mammal resources. (Score: 0.690)
Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems Fact sheet on mercury bioaccumulation and cycling in the environment. Also available in pdf format. (Score: 0.690)
Mercury in the environment Fact sheet on mercury and the environment, including toxic effects, risk to people and wildlife, sources of mercury, environments where methylmercury is a problem and mercury contamination. (Score: 0.690)
National Fish Strain Registry (NFSR) The National Fish Strain Registry has data on managed fish strains, populations and broodstocks: fish families; inland trout, catfish, sturgeon, paddlefish, perch , and pike. (Score: 0.690)
National analysis of trace elements in ground water, streams, stream and reservoir sediment, and fish and clam tissue across the United States Trace elements are inorganic chemicals occurring in small amounts in nature. This web site of the National Water-Quality Assessment links to U.S. data, publications, news, and other sites on trace metals, metalloids and radionuclides in water. (Score: 0.690)
National assessment of mercury in aquatic ecosystems Overview of three research programs including determining levels of mercury at selected sites in water, sediment and fish, mercury emissions into the atmosphere, and mercury cycling in the Everglades National Park, Florida. (Score: 0.690)
Nonindigenous Fish Distribution Information Descriptions and examples of deleterious effects of nonindigenous species with links to distribution maps, species lists and related information. (Score: 0.690)
The Virtual Fish: Semipermeable Membrane Device (SPMD) basics Paper by Duane Chapman for the 6th International SPMD Workshop and Symposium on a semipermeable membrane device (SPMD)measures contaminants in water by mimicking the parts of fish that cause concentration of specific chemicals in fish tissues. (Score: 0.690)
26th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop Workshop with papers on diseases, treatment, and disease resistance and immunology of fish, shrimp, corals, and lobsters. (Score: 0.648)
Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory Describes the Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory of the Leetown Science Center which performs research directed towards restoration and protection of anadromus fish with lists of research projects and facilities. (Score: 0.648)
Fisheries projects, Alaska Science Center Homepage with links to Alaska research projects on fisheries by species: salmon, trout, Pacific halibut, forage fish, other fish species, and aquatic invertebrates. (Score: 0.647)
Lake Clark sockeye salmon research projects Summary of research on salmon fish resources in the Ilamna/Lake Clark area in Alaska with links to scientific projects, Native Alaskan intern program, lake core analysis, radio telemetry, genetics, subsistence fishing, and research staff. (Score: 0.647)
Biochemistry/Physiology Branch, Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) Homepage for the Biochemistry and Physiology Branch in Columbia, MO, which develops analytical techniques (cell biosassay/immunoassay)on toxicity related to fish and wildlife; and conducts research in microbiology and physiology. (Score: 0.631)
Illustrated field guide for assessing external and internal anomalies in fish Links to PDF version of the field guide. (Score: 0.630)
Aquatic ecosystems Overview of chapter Aquatic Ecosystems in publication Our Living Resources, with links to articles on habitat changes, river biota, freshwater fish populations, marine and freshwater algae, protozoa, contaminants in fish,and freshwater gastropods. (Score: 0.606)

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