Exploring Oceans

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1. Ocean Surfaces

Ocean #1
Ocean #2
Ocean #3
Ocean #4
Ocean #5

2. Resources for Marine Research

Krill

Phytoplankton and Zooplankton

Phytoplankton, including diatoms. Excellent photos and other links

Zooplankton images

Krill images

Diatom

Common Murre
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3

Western Gull
Site 1
Site 2

Tufted Puffin
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3

Pigeon Guillemot

California Sea Lion
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4

Northern Elephant Seal
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4

Great White Shark
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3

Blue Shark
Site 1
Site 2

Killer Whale

Humpback Whale
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3

Blue Whale
Site 1
Site 2

Pacific Salmon
Site 1
Site 2

Black Rockfish
Site 1 - This page has info on this fish and other fish

Pacific Herring
Site 1
Site 2

3. Food Web Matching Game

Food Web Matching Game

4. Food Web Challenge

Food Web Challenge

a. Click on the interviews by Oscar Schofield and Mike Crowley
b. Access c.o.o.l cards through the c.o.o.l tools in the upper right hand side to learn more from Oscar Schofield
c. Click on the "Food Web Challenge"

5. Phytoplankton

Temperate Oceans

Seawater Composition
Scroll down to where it says “Dissolved Nutrients”

6. Seasonal Winds

Animation

7. Plankton, Sea Birds and Marine Mammals

Sea Bird Biomass Maps

Marine Mammals