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Microbial Life in Extreme Environments

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The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.smm.org/deadzone/
This Science Museum of Minnesota interactive site is designed to teach elementary school kids about the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. It addresses the questions what is a dead zone, what causes it, and ...

Black Smokers part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/hellscrust/html/sid...
This brief web article features black smokers and discusses the history of their discovery, the geologic processes creating black smokers, and the various life forms inhabiting this extreme ...

Tardigrade Reference Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://tardigrade.acnatsci.org/
This web site features links to resources regarding tardigrade science and education. It is hosted by The Academy of Natural Sciences and was created by Dr. William Miller, a leading tardigrade ...

Freshwater Blooms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bigelow.org/hab/fre.html
This Bigelow Laboratory "Special Topics" page discusses freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs). The interactive web page describes the features of a freshwater HAB with a focus on ...

Domoic Acid Fact Sheet part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/focus/dom.html
This online fact sheet illustrates the transfer of domoic acid through the food web. Domoic acid is a nerve toxin produced by a naturally occurring Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) usually (but not always) ...

The Lives of Micro-organisms: A MicroNaturalist's Handbook part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/index.html
This web site highlights a new series of photo essays featuring observations you can make with a good compound microscope, a sense of the mysteries of life waiting to be discovered, some patience, ...

Glorious Guts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/guts/guts1.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's account of protistan symbionts of termites. It examines the relationships between the symbionts and their hosts and offers ...

Eye in the sky: tracking harmful algal blooms with satellite remote sensing part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.niwa.co.nz/publications/wa/vol13-no2-june-200...
This article details an effort to use satellite imagery to track harmful algal bloom (HAB) events. The article provides basic information about HABs, how the satellite imagery will track HABs, and ...

Lights Alive! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/lightsalive/index.html
This San Diego Natural History Museum interactive website, designed specifically for kids, explores living lights and the chemistry of bioluminescence. It includes links to informational pages and ...

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board ...