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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 ...

Tardigrades as Environmental Indicators part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards...
This essay was written by Amber, a high school senior who won the Young Naturalist Award in 2001 for her research on tardigrades (also known as water bears) as environmental bioindicators. Amber ...

Red Tide Kills Fish, Fouls Gulf Coast part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/09/25/national/main2...
This CBS news article reports a toxic algae bloom that spread along the Texas Gulf coast in 2000, killing millions of fish and fouling beaches with their remains. The article explains how red tide ...

Red Tide Closes N.E. Fish Beds part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/03/tech/main69955...
This two-part CBS news article reports the New England red tide infestation of 2005, one of the worst in decades. The article explains how the bloom, caused by the toxic algae Alexandrium, affected ...

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) ...

Learning about Climate part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.k5geosource.org/1content/1sc/climate/
This site is the first in a series of websites by Geosource which provide general information about climate and past climates for K-5 teachers and students. The series provides a basic introduction ...

Utah Microbes May Have Come From Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/dailygecko_news/archives/2...
This article reports that halophiles of the Great Salt Lake produce pigments that shield their DNA from sun damage and enzymes that allow them to embrace hypersaline environments. The majority of ...

Intimate Relationships Among the Very Small part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/relationships.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of microbial relationships. Topics include mutualism, commensalisms, parasitism, predator/prey, and scavenging. ...

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, ...