Links to World Biomes

Updated March 20, 2002


[GHS Nature Pages for student use]


Polar Regions- Antarctic & Arctic Ice Packs

Live from Antarctica (NASA page)

NCEP OMB Sea Ice Home Page

Arctic Animal Printouts- Good!

Antarctic Animal Printouts- Good!


Open Oceans, Coasts and Tide Pools

Oregon Coast Aquarium- Newport

Intertidal Animal Printouts- Good!

Ocean Animal Printouts- Good!

Life in a Massachusetts Tide Pool

Ocean Planet: Topic Outline

Gulf of Maine Aquarium Home Page

Maine Aquarium Educational Links

The Virtual Library of Oceanography Many ocean links- worldwide.

The Salmon Page


The Coral Reef Biome

Coral Reef Animal Printouts- Good!

Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea

Seaworld/ Busch Gardens

Great Barrier Reef Aquarium

NOAA's Coral Reef

The Coral Reef Ecology Home Page

Hawaii Coral Reef Network

The Great Barrier Reef


Freshwater: Rivers, Ponds, Lakes and Wetlands

River Resource

What's It Like Where You Live?- Rivers & Streams

What's It Like Where You LIve?- Ponds and Lakes

What's It Like Where You Live?- Wetlands


Tropical Rainforest

Rainforest Animals: Good!

Passport to the Rainforest

Zoom Rainforest

Rainforest Action Network

Animals of the Rainforest

Rainforestweb.org

The Rainforest Workshop

Wet Tropical Forest Forest of the Sachamama

GORP: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park


Temperate Rainforest

Olympic National Park Temperate Rainforest & High Mountains

Olympic Rainforest


Savanna/ Chaparral/ Shrub-Scrub

Plants of the Southern California Coast Chaparral/ Shrub- Scrub

Virtual Galapagos Site about the Unique Islands off the northwest coast of South America

Savanna Animal Printouts- Good!

Chaparral Animal Printouts- Good!


Temperate Deciduous Forests

What's It Like Where You Live?- Temperate Deciduous Forest

Deciduous Forest

Temperate Deciduous Forest- Good!


Mountain Coniferous Forests

World Wide Fund for Nature: Coniferous Forest

The Bristlecone Pine Page Alpine Trees of the high California Mountains

Sierra Club Problems in western forests, wetlands, & rivers

Olympic National Park Temperate Rainforest & High Mountains

Olympic Rainforest

Cascade Mt Range

Mount St. Helens Check out "Plants and Animals"

OMSI- Forest Puzzles

Oregon Forests Resources Institute

Temperate Forest Institute

WWW Virtual Library of Forestry Many links?

The Salmon Page


Tundra

What's It Like Where You Live?- Tundra

Tundra Animal Cutouts- Good!


Taiga

Taiga Topics Click the links under the side bar called Taiga Topics

Taiga Animal Printouts- Good!


Desert Biome

Desert USA Magazine

Natural History of the Mojave Desert

Animals of the Skeleton Coast- Namibia Southwest Africa. Visit the other 2 pages using the buttons at the bottom!

Desert Animal Printouts- Good!


Grasslands

GORP: Great Basin National Park (Nevada Desert)

GORP: Grasslands, Tall-grass Prairies

What's It Like Where You Live?- Grasslands

Grassland Animal Printouts- Good!

Prairie Animal Printouts- Good!


Sites to Search for Biome Information:

Biome/ Habitat Animal Printouts- EnchantedLearning.com

CSUWEB- Search for Links Click on the following buttons: Environmental Science, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Marine Biology.

List of Sites of Interest to Ecologists Choose the letter, A-Z which best fits your search.

GORP: Outdoors Locations in the USA and Worldwide This might have some info about specific habitats if you know the country (or continent) you are looking for!

The Virtual Library of Ecology, Biodiversity, and the Environment Many habitat links.

Environmental Education Link on the Internet


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