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Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Fertilization Facts part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Potash and Phosphate Institutes of US and Canada article provides a detailed overview of the Gulf of Mexico low oxygen zone and its connection to fertilizer use along the Mississippi River. It ...
Black Smokers part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...
Black Smoker, Hydrothermal Vent part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features an overview of the research of Dr. Craig Cary at the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies. Dr. Cary's research focuses on black smokers and the ...
Tardigrada (Water Bears) part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This reference page offers a brief description of Tardigrades, also known as water bears. It includes information about their physical appearance, an explanation of their name, likely habitats, ...
The Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Chesapeake Bay Foundation fact sheet provides information regarding the cause and growth of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. The site also addresses possible solutions to the hypoxia and includes a ...
Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This online article describes tardigrades and discusses how amateur microscopists can help scientists understand more about microscopic organisms called tardigrades, commonly known as water bears. ...
New Jersey Tardigrade Survey part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This image-rich web page represents highlights from the New Jersey Tardigrade Survey conducted by Michael Shaw, under the guidance of William Miller. A map of New Jersey site locations is followed by ...
Black Smokers! part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This webpage contains a brief introduction to the discovery of hydrothermal systems and black smokers. Within the webpage are links to information on gigantic tube worms, polychaete worms, oceans, ...
Australians Sweep up Black Smoker Chimney part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This brief web article features an Australian research team who dredged up a black smoker from the deep waters of the Bismark Sea. The article recounts the team's expedition and discusses the ...
Tardigrade Reference Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...