Research
http://www.antweb.org/index.jsp
AntWeb, an excellent service of the California Academy of Sciences, provides users with "tools for exploring the diversity and identification of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). These tools have been developed to facilitate the use of ants in inventory and monitoring programs and provide ant taxonomists with images and types." At present, AntWeb offers information on all ant genera worldwide as well as highlighting ants of Madagascar and California in particular. The site provides a search engine for the comprehensive AntWeb database which contains images of, and information about, ants from all over the world. AntWeb also offers an awesome World Ants Slide Show which includes Head, Profile, and Dorsal Views of many ants. [NL]
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/collections/plant.html
This first-rate Paleobotany Collection website is hosted by University of California, Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology. The site offers an on-line catalog that "contains information on over 22,000 specimens of fossil plants, algae, and fungi catalogued through 2002." Some of the Specimen Data Fields include Specimen Number, Taxon Info, Citation Info, Type Info, Element, and Locality Info. Many of the UCMP's "collections are not duplicated by holdings in other institutions and come from sites no longer accessible to collectors." The site offers links to other Botanical, Paleontological, Phycological, and Mycological catalogues as well as to other UCMP collections such as Vertebrates, Invertebrates, and Microfossils. [NL]
http://www.dinodata.net/EURODINO/index.htm
Hosted by DinoData, The Eurodino Database Project was developed by paleontologist Octavio Mateus as a service for the European paleontological community. The database is designed to inform professional and amateur paleontologists of the locations of "originals or casts of each dinosaur in each museum in Europe." The database provides several mechanisms to search for dinosaur fossils and museums and allows users to search for fossils alphabetically and through categories such as Eggs, Footprints, Skin, and Coprolites. Additionally, users can search for museums by perusing the comprehensive European museum list or by selecting a specific country. [NL]
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/ecuador/search.shtml
A collaborative project of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, the Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, and Aarhus University, this Internet version of the Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador "is designed to give users an overview of the plant species found in Ecuador and allows them to easily navigate and browse the information currently available." The Catalogue "documents 15,901 plant species known to occur in Ecuador" and the site's Search Engine allows users to access data by scientific name or by using either the index to accepted names or the index to all names. This fantastic site also includes links to relevant information about Ecuador such as Geography, Paleoclimates, Vegetation, and History of Collecting. The website is available in Spanish as well as English. [NL]
The U.S. EPA's Science Inventory is "a searchable, Agency-wide catalog of more than 4,000 science activities such as research, technical assistance and assessments, along with more than 750 peer-reviewed products. The database contains more that 19,000 records in the archives including project descriptions, products produced, types of peer review, links to related work and contacts for additional information." This site provides a search engine whereby topics can be accessed using keywords. Additionally, searches can be further focused by selecting one or more cross-cutting Topics such as Genomics, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, and Tribal Science. This site also links to an extensive glossary and to a neat feature entitled, Where You Live, which allows users to access information about scientific studies in their area. [NL]
http://pc004446.biologie.uni-oldenburg.de/cms/
A field project of the multi-national Census of Marine Life, the Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar) was created to document "actual species diversity of abyssal plains as a basis for global change research and for a better understanding of historical causes and actual ecological factors regulating biodiversity." This site provides Deep-Sea researchers with a forum for discussion and information-sharing. Specifically, this forum allows "researchers to exchange experiences and results from the Projects united under the umbrella of CeDAMar." Additionally, this site links to relevant Projects, Articles, News, FAQ, and Web links, and provides a search engine for locating specific information about CeDAMar. [NL]
