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Cyanobacteria and the Cryptobiotic Crust part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/micr...

Cryptobiotic crusts are featured in this web page, with discussion on cryptobiotic communities, cyanobacteria, and other organisms that comprise this environment. The site provides numerous images of ...

Canyon Country Ecosystems Research Site (CCERS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/ccers.htm

This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides information about research dedicated to the long-term study of the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. The page covers in brief the ...

Biological Soil Crusts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/index.htm

This USGS Canyonlands Research Station site features a series of web pages focusing on biological soil crusts. Biological soil crusts are the community of organisms living at the surface of desert ...

Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pathfinderscience.net/tardigrades/index.cfm

This highly informative and detailed web site features a Pathfinder Science hands-on, minds-on guided research activity dedicated to tardigrades, also known as water bears. The site helps to create ...

The Mysterious Life of Caves part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/caves/

This is a companion website to a NOVA television series investigating strange life-forms found in toxic caverns. The program reviews the traditional theory of cave formation; introduces new theories ...

Tardigrade Species Distribution Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.iwu.edu/~tardisdp/

This website provides information about Tardigrades and introduces the Tardigrade Species Distribution Project. The objectives of the project are to engage students in hands-on science and to map the ...