This site contains some links to oceanographic web sites -- please explore!

• If you find specific pages that are useful, please send me the URLs with brief, content-rich descriptions -- I'll post them.

• These days, the challenge in a literature (or cyber-) search is not in amassing information, but in assessing it for relevance and credibility. As you browse, examine sites critically:
  • Are statements referenced?
  • Do scientific results include statistics? Can you identify the methods used?
  • Does the .gov or .edu suffix lend credibility to scientific results? To data interpretation? To policy recommendations? Does the .com suffix connote biased analysis?

Plethoric Palaces: sites with links to many oceanography servers.

• Ocean 402's Interesting Web Sites
• NOAA's Oceanographic Web Resources

Some pages relevant to your Ocean 201 education.

• The Puget Sound Regional Synthesis model (PRISM)
• El Nino:
  • A science journalist's perspective, with science links.
  • NOAA's Theme Page
  • Primary Production
    • How photosynthesis works from the MIT Biology Program
    • General overview (focuses on San Francisco Bay, but very informative)
    • How photsynthesis affects the carbon cycle

    Fun City: less academic oceanography links

    • Smithsonian Institute's Ocean Planet Exhibit