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References part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page contains links to the Canyonlands Research Station's complete biological soil crust reference list. These soil crusts are also known as ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biofilms
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources:Bibliography
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Informal, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources:Bibliography
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Informal, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Canyon Country Ecosystems Research Site (CCERS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Links To Related Web Sites & Publications part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides links related to biological soil crusts. The links include Soils/Biological Soil Crusts, Biological Soil Crusts - Webs of Life in the Desert ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biofilms
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Bibliography
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, Graduate/Professional, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Bibliography
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, Graduate/Professional, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Removal of Dibenzofuran, Dibenzo-p-Dioxin, and 2-Chlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin from Soils Inoculated with Sphingomonas sp. Strain RW1 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This research abstract, available through Applied and Environmental Microbiology, reports that inoculation of a soil with the species Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1 resulted in the removal of the ...Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Research Results
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Research Results
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Garbage-eating Geobacter part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Geotimes article highlights recent work done by Derek Lovley on the microbe Geobacter. The article discusses the ability of Geobacter to eat metal wastes as well as the prospect of using ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Surface Chemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Habitats:Water Column
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anoxic
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anoxic
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
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 ...Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8)
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 ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Oceanography:Biological, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Hydrothermal Systems, Mid-ocean Ridge
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Hydrothermal Systems, Mid-ocean Ridge
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Cheating Death by Dehydration part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This 'Inside JEB' journal article discusses the ability of tardigrades to undergo cryptobiosis. It briefly summarizes the experimental procedures used by Ralph Schill, Gunther Steinbruck ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
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, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)