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This page allows searching across the SERC catalogs: the set of resources from the web and in print that have been selected as relevant by SERC-supported projects. The catalog draws from collections created directly by our partners as well as those harvested from other digital library collections.



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Bacteriophage part of Web Resource Collection

These online lecture notes define bacteriophage and review the composition and structure of bacteriophage, infection of host cells, and phage multiplication cycles (lytic and lysogenic). The notes ...
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Collections, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Audio, Animations/Video, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

What is a bacterial species? part of Web Resource Collection

This page contains audio podcasts and a transcript of an article reviewing the debate over how to define bacterial species. The article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using DNA sequence ...
Subject: Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Principles, Biology:Evolution, Diversity
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources, Audio/Visual, Audio

The High Cost of Safe Hurricanes part of Web Resource Collection

This is the page for the Tuesday, August 02, 2005 installment of Earthwatch Radio from the University of Wisconsin. The text script for the show is on the page and there is a link to listen to the ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio

Earth's Inconstant Magnetic Field part of Web Resource Collection

This article discusses our planet's magnetic field, which is in a constant state of change. The location of the North Pole has been moving north at an average speed of 10 km per year, lately ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Audio

Ocean Explorer: Gallery part of Web Resource Collection

This Gallery offers an extensive selection of images, sound recordings, animations, and movies associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's expeditions. A set of links ...
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology, Oceanography:Biological, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Audio, Scientific Resources:Collection, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations

Minerals by Physical and Optical Properties part of Web Resource Collection

This is a listing of mineral species arranged by physical and optical properties: hardness, streak, and luster; density; cleavage and fracture; refractive index; or color. Clicking on each property ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Optical Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Audio

Alphabetical Listing of Mineral Species part of Web Resource Collection

This directory provides an alphabetical listing of more than 4,000 mineral species. Clicking on each mineral name provides access to information including chemical formula and composition, locality ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Mineralogy:Crystallography, Optical Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio, Images/Illustrations

EAGE Learning Geoscience - Modules part of Web Resource Collection

"Learning Geoscience" is an on-line journal of EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers). The site includes seventy-nine learning modules on geophysics, geology and ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Biology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Video Captures Underwater 'Brimstone and Fire' part of Web Resource Collection

This story from National Public Radio highlights NOAA's unusually close observations of an underwater volcano in the northern Pacific Ocean, close to a subduction zone near the Mariana Islands. ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Audio

Great Moments in Science: Lights of Life 1 part of Web Resource Collection

This Great Moments in Science radio transcript discusses the history of bioluminescence. It covers the first scientists to study bioluminescence, organisms capable of making light, biochemistry of ...
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology, Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work