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This page provides a collection of general resources including websites, PowerPoint presentations, teaching activities, data sets, and other useful materials for creating or enhancing courses related to microbiology and extreme environments. These materials can be used to support lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and class projects and activities. By narrowing the view, you may define and refine your search according to topics of your special interest.




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

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 ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Geoscience:Oceanography, Geology:Geochemistry, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual, Activities
Extreme Environments: Anoxic
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)

Extreme Natural Events: Harmful Algal Blooms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This NOAA website features a repository of information about Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). It explains the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA) and describes the ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Research Results, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, General Public, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)

Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Forecasting System provided by NOAA supplies information on the location, extent, and potential for development or movement of harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Hunting Dangerous Algae from Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This NASA Earth Observatory article presents information about programs that are monitoring red tide and other harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreaks from satellite imagery and remote sensing. This ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Principles
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

The Harmful Plankton Project on the Internet: the user-friendly guide to harmful phytoplankton in UK waters part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website contains an online guide for identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates and diatoms (primarily from UK waters). The guide is divided into several sections: contents (species list); ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Microscopy, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Marine
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Ocean Environments: Surface Waters, Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Maine Shellfishing Areas Closed Because of Red Tide (PSP) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Maine Department of Marine Resources website lists instructions, warnings, legal notices, and maps pertaining to paralytic shellfish poisoning. A table is provided that displays up-to-date red ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Policy Resources, Scientific Resources:Research Results
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16)

Checklist of phytoplankton in the Skagerrak-Kattegat (Sweden) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website, hosted by the Department of Marine Botany, Göteborg University, Sweden, provides an illustrated checklist of phytoplankton heterotrophic protists found in the Skagerrak and the ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Methods of Microbiology :Microscopy, Field Methods
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine, Surface Waters
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries website provides health advisories and closures related to seafood consumption and recreational fishing. Links are provided to the Division's ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Policy Resources, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)

Domoic Acid Fact Sheet part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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) ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

Pseudo-nitzschia part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) website provides comprehensive scientific information about Pseudo-nitzschia, an important toxin-producing species associated with Amnesic ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Molecular Methods, Microscopy, Culturing Methods
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine, Surface Waters
Grade Level: General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)