Online Research Library

The following sites can help students with the various phases (planning, field work, analysis, reporting and publishing) of their projects. If you have suggestions for other websites to list here, please contact Education Director Mark Haddon at haddonm@si.edu.

| SERC websites | STAR partner websites |
Information about: Invasive species | Fish and crabs | Plankton |
Water quality monitoring | Biodiversity | Tides |
General Chesapeake Bay | Additional resources |

SERC Websites:

SERC Publications Website
Citations of publications by SERC scientists.

SERC Online Databases
Links to long-term datab and metadata available to the public.

 

STAR's Partners Websites:

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Arlington Echo

Invasive Species Information :

Invasive Species.gov
Information on all types of invasive species.

Catalog for Fouling Organisms
Website highlighting different experiments about settling organisms.The site provides pictures of common organisms in the Pacific Northwest .

Maryland Sea Grant Invasive Species Page

Fish and Crab Information:

Fishbase.org - search
Search FishBase, a global information system on fish. Site includes life cycle information on thousands of fish species.

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Fisheries

Plankton Information:

Phytoplankton Guide to the Rhode River and Chesapeake Bay
Created by SERC, this site has many great pictures of phytoplankton found in the Rhode River and Chesapeake Bay .

The Plankton Net
Information and links to research on zooplankton and phytoplankton.

Living Bay Online: Count the Plankton Game
A game to help you learn how to count plankton under the microscope.

Water Quality Monitoring:

Maryland DNR Chesapeake Bay Site
Information on different areas within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Maryland DNR Monthly Monitoring
Links to water quality data for many locations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Rhode River Monitoring Site

USGS National Water Quality Assessment
Water quality information from watersheds across the country.

Biodiversity Information:

Maryland Sea Grant: Biofilms and Biodiversity
Overview of biofilms and biodiversity, including How to Measure Biodiversity.

Tides:

Maryland Tide Calculator

Fishingworks.com: Tide Prediction

General Chesapeake Bay:

Chesapeake Bay Program
Resource on the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation 

Other good sites:

EPA High School Information
Great information about common environmental issues. It also provides links to many other resources.

EPA General Resource Page
Links to resources that the EPA uses and supports.

Earth Force Resources Page
Links to many valuable resources, including the Data Interpretation Guide.