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Diversity of Aquatic Organisms: Larger Organisms
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Birds
British Trust for Ornithology
http://www.bto.org/
This site provides links to many valuable bird recourses.
National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/
Check out more information on birds at this home page.
Clams
U.S.G.S. North American Freshwater Clams
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/information/factsheets/clams00/clams00.htm
A great "Fact Sheet" on freshwater clam biology and ecology.
Exotic Species
U.S.G.S. Nonindigenous Aquatic Systems
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
This site dexcribes ecology and management strategies for exotic aquatic species of North America: vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants.
Fishes
Fish of the Great Lakes: Wisconsin Sea Grant
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/becker.html
You can read a book online—Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker.
Fishbase
http://www.fishbase.org/
A great database to look up fish by common name, species name, family name or by other qualifications.
All Catfish Species Inventory
http://clade.acnatsci.org/allcatfish/
Soak in an abundance of information about catfish at this site.
Macrophytes
Wisconsin State Herbarium
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/herbarium/
This site provides great access to pictures and descriptions of aquuatic plants, with links to other plant taxonomy sites.
Mammals
Links of Interest in Mammalogy
http://www.il-st-acad-sci.org/mamalink.html
The Illinois State Academy of Science maintains this valuable mammalogy website.
Organisms – USGS
U.S.G.S.
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/
Provides a wealth of information about management of the larger aquatic organisms.
BIOSIS: A Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators
http://www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html
This guide to the animal kingdom is a good source of information on all kinds of animal groups.
Reptiles & Amphibians
Wisconsin Herpetology Homepage
http://www.mpm.edu/collect/vertzo/herp/atlas/welcome.html
A great information resource on Wisconsin's reptiles and amphibians.
Froguts
http://www.froguts.com/
This site allows you to perform a virtual frog dissection.
VaHerper's International Directory of Reptile and Amphibian Resources
http://www.vaherper.com/pages/wi.htm
Locate a "herp enthusiast" near you!
Herpetology.com
http://herpetology.com/
Includes many links to other great herpetology sites.
Vertebrates
dmoz Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/
Provides links to many sites related to vertebrate biology.
Waterfowl
Ducks Unlimited
http://www.ducks.org/
A good source of images and sounds of waterfowl.
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