Magazines:

Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems, published quarterly

Boundary Waters Journal, published quarterly

Field & Stream

Greenpeace Quarterly

Land and Water, published bimonthly

National Geographic

Natural Resources & Environment, published quarterly

Whale News, published quarterly

Whalewatcher, published quarterly

Books:

Clay, Clarence S. and H. Medwin. Acoustical Oceanography: Principles and Applications. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1977. ISBN: 0471160415

• Clay and Medwin talk about the sounds of the ocean and how they are transmitted.

Ellis, Richard. Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss. New York: Knopf, 1996.

• This is a study of the formation of the ocean floor, the forces that shape it, the exploration of the depths, and the fascinating life forms that inhabit this virtually unknown realm. Includes over 100 drawings.

Gross, M. Grant, and Elizabeth Gross. Oceanography: A View of Earth. New York: Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN: 0132317885

• This book introduces readers to the ocean's complex systems and their impact on our lives and futures.

Hendrickson, Robert. The Ocean Almanac. New York: Doubleday, 1984. ISBN: 0385140770

• This almanac is extremely informative with hundreds of essays, anecdotes, facts, legends and mysteries concerning the sea.

Pernetta, John. Atlas of the Oceans. New York: Rand McNally, 1994. ISBN: 0528837036

• An illustrated reference covering the genesis of the world's oceans and ocean exploration, life and resources. Includes 60 pages of maps detailing the shapes of the ocean basins, patterns of circulation and resource distribution, as well as a catalog of the main families of marine life illustrated with over 130 drawings.

Summerhayes, C.P. and S.A. Thorpe. Oceanography: An Illustrated Guide. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN: 0407235748

• This book provides the basis for understanding the oceans' complexities, and an appreciation of the importance of recent discoveries (the volcanism and hydrothermal circulation within the Mid-Ocean Ridge) and improved sampling techniques.

Stowe, Keith. Exploring Ocean Science. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

• A colorful textbook for a one semester introductory or survey course in oceanography for university students with little or no background in the sciences.

Waters, John Frederick. Deep Sea Vents: Living Worlds Without Sun. New York: Cobblehill, 1994.

• Describes the discovery and investigation of openings in the ocean floor where heated water escapes and examines the new life forms and other phenomena that have been found there.

Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships. New York: National Academy Press, 1993. ISBN: 0309047943

• This book outlines pressing marine research problems and offers recommendations for how they may be solved, with detailed discussions of how oceanographic research is currently conducted; recent discoveries and research; coastal oceanography; the infrastructure of oceanography; a blueprint for more productive partnerships between academic oceanographers and federal agencies.

Web Sites:

CTI Centre for Geography, Geology and Meteorology: Oceanography

http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/oce.html

• Department of Oceanology and Environmental Geophysics (Trieste, Italy).

Oceanography Web Sites

http://wave.eng.uci.edu/People/Scott/Websites/ocean.html

• List of and links to web sites related to oceanography

Oceanography Information Servers, Center for Coastal Studies

http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/src_oceanography.html

• Center for Air Sea Technology, Mississippi State University. Old Dominion University Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography.

Welcome to Oceanic

http://www.cms.udel.edu/

• Research Ship Information and Schedules provides a searchable database of schedules and characteristics for deep-water scientific research vessels.

List of Oceanography Resources

http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/ocean_page.html

• List of and links to oceanography web sites.

NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

• The NODC holds the world's largest collection of publicly available oceanographic data.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

http://sio.ucsd.edu/

• Gives El Nino information, current surf report, weather page, pier camera (live shot of selected shore), careers in oceanography.

Greenpeace Website

http://www.greenpeace.org/~oceans/index.html

• Talks about the organization's fight to prevent environmental abuses in the ocean.

Life in Our Oceans- Canadian Wildlife Federation

http://www.ec.gc.ca/marine/eng/life.htm

• Talks about how the ocean contributes to the planet's ecosystem. Defines what an ocean is, why oceans are indispensable and describes oceans' ecosystems.

Bill Nye the Science Guy Online

http://nyelabs.kcts.org/

Oceanographer of the Navy

http://oceanographer.navy.mil/

History and Practice of Naval Oceanography

http://oceanographer.navy.mil/history.html

Ocean Update

http://www.seaweb.org

All About Pearls

http://www.asanojl.com/whatkind.html

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