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Critters of The Sea
The Seas are full of a variety of life. In the information to follow, you will find links to a variety of "Critters of the Seas". Check these links to increase your knowledge about those life forms moving through the waters below the hull of your boat. Some knowledge may lead you to give up swimming or take up a new food delicacy. Who knows??.
Some Jelly Fish Related Sites
Sea Nettles and Jelly Fish of the Chesapeake Bay - A NOAA Site providing real time distribution of Sea Nettles in the Chesapeake Bay
Jellyfish in the Chesaepeake Bay and Nearby Waters - Prepared by University of Maryland System Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies
Ghostly Nettles Haunt Bay - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Chesapeake Bay Field Office in Annapolis
Jellyfish Facts - On-line site for a lot of facts about Jellyfish including facts on how to raise your own Jellyfish and Kids/Beginners Guide on how to do it.
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| PORTALS TO CORALS & CORAL REEFS | |
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| Artificial Coral Reefs - Pros & Cons - National Coral Reef Institute | National Coral Reef Institute - Home Page |
| U. S. Department of the Navy - Coral Reef Program | Canadian Museum of Natural History - Prehistoric Coral Reefs |
| Coral Reefs Formation - Video depiction of the formation of coral reefs. | United States Geologic Survey - Pacific Coral Reefs Web Site |
| Charles Darwin on Coral Reefs - Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle | |
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| PORTHOLES TO MARINE SPECIES DATA BASES AND OTHER INFORMATION | |
| Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) - allows users to search marine species datasets from all of the world's oceans | |
