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Below are lists of links to information that will help you do research for first quarter assignments.

ECOSYSTEM ASSIGNMENT OPTIONS & RESOURCES:

    California Coastal Redwoods Ecosystem

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/trees/redwoods.html

http://www.savetheredwoods.org/r_res/rrmain.htm

Great Basin Ecosystem

http://www.desertusa.com/du_basin.html

http://www.blm.gov/education/great_basin/great_basin.html

http://www.ag.unr.edu/cgbs/challenges.htm

http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/basin/gb_map3.gif   (region)

The greater Mt. San Gorgonio Range or Mt. Baldy  

(San Antonio) Range  Ecosystem

http://www.sgwa.org

http://www.wilderness.net/nwps/wilderness.cfm/Sheep%20Mountain

http://tchester.org/sgm/lists/history_online.html

http://tchester.org/sgm/links/other.html#history

http://home.earthlink.net/~wwilkens/sierra/sgm_fish.htm

http://www.oocities.org/Yosemite/1985/sgb.html

http://sd.znet.com/~schester/angeles_mtns/seasons/leaflog1998b.html

http://www.etreking.com/eTreking/Pages/SanGabriels.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~teunice/sgm/butterflies/sgm_bfly_intro.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~teunice/sgm/mammals/mammals_index.html

http://www.wilderness.net/nwps/wilderness.cfm/San%20Gabriel

Lake Tahoe Basin Ecosystem

http://ceres.ca.gov/tcsf/tahoe-local/

http://ceres.ca.gov/HyperNews/get/forums/tcsf/5/1.html\

http://water.wr.usgs.gov/tahoe/action/comm1a.html

Mono Lake Basin Ecosystems

http://www.monolake.org/

http://www.ceres.ca.gov/sierradsp/mono.html

http://www.r5.pswfs.gov/inyo/vvc/mono/index.htm  

http://www.395.com/index.shtml?/generalinfo/ecology.shtml

http://www.monobasinresearch.org/timelines/meromixis.htm

http://www.american.edu/ted/mono.htm#r5

http://www.susqu.edu/geology/faculty/bhayes/classes/hydrogeo/labs/monolake/monolakeNEW.html

http://www.sageridge.org/WWW/Homework/tcarlstrom/classroom/carlstrom/Mono%20Lake%20JP/Mono%20Lake%20Home%20Page.htm

http://www.livinglakes.org/mono/restoration.htm

http://www.sierragatewaymap.com/mono-visitors.html

http://www.humboldt.edu/~djj1/law/chrono/Mono1990.htm

http://members.aol.com/Tenaya21/Ecology/LectureNotes/lec14.html

http://eco.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/c2c2k/places/lv2/lv2.html

http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/inyo/vvc/mono/

http://www.geology.pomona.edu/RS00momolake/RSoomonolake.html

Newport Back Bay or Upper Newport Bay (part of  the San Joaquin Marsh)  Estuary or Bolsa Chica  Salt Marsh Ecosystems

http://www.newportbay.org/

http://www.amigosdebolsachica.org/  

http://www.ocparks.com/uppernewportbay/

http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/plants/

http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/PLANTS2/

http://krypton.biomol.uci.edu/BB_wcw.html

http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/geo_info/so_cal/newport.html

http://members.aol.com/gfredlee/unbay.htm

http://cox.house.gov/press/releases/1998/100298bayflood.html

http://www.birdingamerica.com/California/upperbay.htm

Soils and more... http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/geo_info/so_cal/san_joaquin.html

Alaska's North Slope -- Prudhoe Bay --  Wilderness Ecosystems

http://www.uidaho.edu/e-journal/pan_eco/alaskaplan.html

http://www.cln.org/themes/arctic.html

Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve

http://www.tnccalifornia.org/preserves/santarosa/index.htm

http://tchester.org/srp/

Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley, Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef   or 

Glover’s Reef off  the coast of Balize

http://innmarketer.com/belize/mapbal3.htm

http://www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/greatbluehole.html

http://www.coralreefalliance.org/default/NGO/WCSGlover.html  

Marine Biome/ Coral Reefs 

http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/allschools/providence/keenan_files/student%20pages/Kroc/biome.htm

http://www.msu.edu/course/lbs/144/s00/objectives/Apr_13/Apr_13.htm

http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwsci/bio98/coralreef.htm

http://www.coralreefalliance.org/default/Threats.html

http://webworldwonders.firn.edu/eco/coastal/coral.html

 

The Forests of  Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula

http://www.nightcraft.com/site/rooms/olympic.htm

http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/map.htm

http://www.wsu.edu/~wsherb/edpages/raingrass/temperate.html  

Plants

http://jefferson.wsu.edu/salmon/plant_list.htm

Soils

http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/osd/dat/L/LYRE.html

http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/osd/dat/K/KALALOCH.html

Ecosystem Resources

http://www.cvu.cssd.k12.vt.us/departments/science/environmental/ecolinks.html

http://www.cvu.cssd.k12.vt.us/departments/science/environmental/ecosystemindex.html

Looking for good Maps? 

Trying to find a sites latitude and longitude? 

Visit...  http://www.mapquest.com

 Weather data and Climate Information

http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Meteorology/Climate_Centers/

http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/earth_sciences/meteorology/

http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/

http://www.worldclimate.com/

http://www.weathersite.com/

http://www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/weather/weather.html

For the best  average annual precipitation 

and temperature data try ...http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/

Resources that can help you understand soils

http://bordeaux.uwaterloo.ca/biol446/chap2bsm.htm

http://homepages.which.net/~fred.moor/soil/formed/f0108.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts2.html

http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/11f.html

http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/nssc/geography.html

http://www.statlab.iastate.edu:80/soils/nssc/

http://www.itc.nl/~rossiter/research/rsrch_ss_sources.html#usa

Dominate Soils of the World, Maps, and their descriptions

http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/wrb/mapindex.htm

What biome or ecoregion is my ecosystem in? 

The world's biomes http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html

Good information and maps of  North American  Biomes (both terrestrial and aquatic).

http://redbaron.bishops.ntc.nf.ca/wells/biomes/index.htm

http://web.utk.edu/~schmidtg/biomemap.htm

http://fp.bio.utk.edu/bot120lect/botany120.html

http://www.fs.fed.us/colorimagemap/ecoreg1_provinces.html

http://www.fs.fed.us/colorimagemap/ecoreg1_divisions.html

http://www.snowcrest.net/geography/slides/biomes/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

What is a biome?

http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html

A good relief map of Southern California...

Satellite Image of California

TOPO! Interactive Topographic Maps on CD

Online Version of the 1966 Geological map(s) of California

California GeoMorphic Provinces

Great Basin -- Mojave Desert

To locate and order maps of the southwest deserts.

San Bernardino soil surveys and maps

Mojave Desert Weather

Mojave River Watershed

ICE 2 (The Information Center for the Environment) California Mapping

Soils & The Environment

Helpful Addresses and Phone Numbers: 

Botanical Sorting Machine

California Dept Fish & Game

CalFlora: Plant Photo/info Library

Western Wetland Flora

California Vegetation Communities

Research Tools for Searching the Wildlife Literaturet

Digital Library Project at the University of California Berkeley. The project contains much more than science materials. The botanical and zoological data sets allow students to call up photos of any plant and animal in California by typing in the common name.

The digital library of animals at UC Berkeley.

An electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by various government and private sector organizations; good links to biodiversity and maps.

A multimedia textbook of southern California natural history; besides information on plants (see above) there are also chapters on most animals, which are selected by name and region.

Shows coastal and desert slopes of the San Gabriel Mts and associated elevational veg. Zones; with links to desert plant communities and CNPS (California Native Plant Society).

California Vegetation Mapping Catalog

Manual Of California Vegetation

Amphibians

California Birds

Plant Communities of the Transverse Ranges and Western Mojave Desert - This site shows coastal and desert slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains and associated elevational vegetation zones, with links to desert plant communities and California Native Plant Society (CNPS).

Southern California Natural History - This site provides plant community information from desert communities.

 

Instructor and Web Master - Matthew Huffine  

Last updated 13 November 2001
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