"Ecology, Biodiversity and the Environment"- "Since the proficiency tests stress ecology this is an excellent site. It gives information on species, legislation, and projects dealing with ecology."
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Animal Diversity Web- "The Animal Diversity Web is a collection of pictures and information about animals. Accounts of individual species include information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with pictures and sounds if available. Synopses of some higher taxonomic groups are also provided. The information is arranged in a taxonomic hierarchy for ease of navigation, and ""shortcuts"" (either through searching for specific names or characteristics or through direct links to some taxa) make it simple to find particular species or groups of species."
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Animal Diversity Web- "Animal Diversity Web is a collection of pictures and information about animals. Accounts of individual species include information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with pictures and sounds"
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Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server- The Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server is devoted to information of interest to systematists and other biologists of the organismic kind.
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Browtine Productions Colorado Huntn' HomeE- "Welcome to our 1997 release of Colorado Huntn Homework. This release
contains updated maps using the 1995-96 harvest and population data from
the Colorado DWR as well as many more shaded relief topo maps showing
USGS 7.5 minute overlays.. We've received a lot of good response from
over 20,000 visitors last year and are excited to be able to furnish
this information for your use. We plan to update our harvest/population
database as soon as the Colorado Division of Wildlife releases their
1997-98 survey results (out in April)."
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Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE)- Website maintained by Hamline University Graduate School of Education. Browse or go directly to their Frog Mutations site at .
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): America's answer to mad cow disease- "Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) in deer or elk that is closely related to mad cow disease, scrapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans."
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Circle of Life- general biology reference - interactive
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Conservation Database- "Enter conservation ideas in an on-line database. Students studying garbage, water, energy, heat or any other topic can enter and view ideas for how to help conserve the Earth’s resources. All ideas will be shared over the Web! (1/01/99 to 1/01/01)."
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Deer 2000- "Web site dealing with managing Wis. Deer population, specifically the Deer 2000 project"
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Deformed Frog Mystery- "------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oneonta, NY (Nov. 21, 1996)
Reports of an unusually high number of deformed frogs from all parts of
the country first led to suspicions that the mutations were the result
of"
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Deformed Frog Mystery- Account of study results indicating that the possibility that frog mutations may be due to parasitic worms.
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Deformed Frogs!- "The web pages provided here describe a Web-based student project intended for middle and high school biology classes. Students working on the project begin by exploring the hypotheses and evidence related to a current area of scientific research and then engage in a classroom debate about the controversy. These web pages provide the project lesson plan, student hand-outs, a test for the assessment of student understanding, and links to the Web-based project."
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Earth Partnership Program- "You can explore the opportunities for nature appreciation, environmental education, and ecological research."
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Ecology web site- Environmental resources for the teacher
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Ecomart- Get the latest update in news and research in ecology.
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EElink- Get info and ideas for environmental education.
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Endngered Species Home Page- Articles about individual species and conservation programs going on.
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Environmental issues of Wisconsin- Providing information and support on environmental issues to Wisconsin citizens and communities
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Environmentally sensitive organisms...- Reseach on presence of amphipods in Lake Mich. as related to growth of Zebra Mussels
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Fish Population Dwindles- Report on Lake Whitefish and yellow perch populations with links to other features.
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Florida Caribbean Science Center- A research facility of the Biological Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey which is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior. General website with links to Nonindigenous Aquatic Species including Zebra Mussels. Also offers links to amphibian research.
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Greenpeace International- Current info on endangered species and what greenpeace is doing for the conservation of land and animals.
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Land and People: Finding a Balance- "Land and People: Finding a Balance is an environmental study project that engages high school students in studying ecosystems resource issues. The project focuses on the interaction between people and the environment in three regions on the United States: Cape Cod, Los Angeles, and the Everglades."
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LBL ITG Whole Frog Project- "This gives a good lab simulation of frog
dissections. It allows for a lot of
mauipulation if the images. It can be
used alone, or as part of another lab
activity."
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NATIONAL UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTER- Take a tour of our regions
Click on the regions on the map below to explore the research we have conducted in the North Atlantic and Great Lakes. This will take you to an interactive map of each of our regions created using ESRI's Internet Map Server.
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North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations- "Species that have been reported with malformations include northern leopard frogs, wood frogs, bullfrogs, green frogs, mink frogs, gray treefrogs, Pacific treefrogs, spring peepers, American toads, long-toed salamanders, tiger salamanders, and spotted salamanders. Malformed amphibians are not a new phenomenon, but reports were only infrequent until recently. Since 1995, reports have become increasingly common, and a number of scientists -- herpetologists, developmental biologists, aquatic toxicologists, and parasitologists -- are looking for the cause(s)."
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pH and the environment- "This may be a good introduction to a water testing unit for the envoronmental/ecology unit. Most studeints have not had chemistry yet and this is a good intro to pH. The questions at the end need to be changed to get the students thinking a bit more, but the idea is there."
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Populations- Students should explore the concept of population as it relates to ecosystems.
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Science and Nature for Kids- Agriculture Animals Ask an Expert Careers Earth Science Electricity Environment Experiments Field Trips Health Insects Internet Marine Life Museums Projects Puzzles/Quizzes Safety Scientists Senses Stories/Fun Technology Tools
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Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site- A project of the National Sea Grant College Program providing information on zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species.
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Sea Lamprey (Fish of Great Lakes)- Description of Sea Lamprey and its history in Great Lakes including controls. Has interactive features.
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The Baltimore-Washington Regional Collaboratory- "The Baltimore-Washington Regional Collaboratory represents multiple partnerships with a common interest in land use dynamics and human impacts for social, economic and environmental studies"
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The Evolution of the Conservation Movement- The Evolution of the Conservation Movement documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage.
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The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)- "GLIN offers a wealth of data and information about the region’s environment and economy, tourism, education and more. Check out their links to invasive Exotic Species ()."
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The insect world- The insect world
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The Natural Heritage Network- "Natural Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centres represent the largest ongoing effort in the western hemisphere to gather standardized data on endangered plants, animals, and ecosystems."
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