allows kids to get up close and personal with earth’s six habitats; providing the scoop on protected lands, biodiversity, urban sprawl, conservation and population

an Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans

global network of researchers in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the world’s oceans - past, present and future

an international cooperative effort to increase tropical taxonomic expertise, conduct a taxonomically diversified global census of coral reef ecosystems, and improve access to and unify coral reef ecosystem information scattered throughout the globe

research programs deal with the description, experiment and modeling of oceanic ecosystems, within the areas of ecology, marine biology, physical and chemical oceanography, and fisheries

a report from the IUCN on deep seabed environments (pdf)

conserving and enhancing the water quality and the ecological health of the Gulf coastal watersheds, estuaries, and near coastal waters in the U.S.

promotes coral reef research and education by facilitating communication among the environmental, scientific, governmental, and public communities regarding how to enhance conservation through stewardship

widely recognised as one of the leading institutes in the Mediterranean

studies marine physics, dynamics, ecology, chemistry and biochemistry

focuses on ecosystem strategies for the assessment and management of international coastal ocean waters

facility of the Australian Museum on the Great Barrier Reef, that enables cost-effective research and education about coral reefs and aims to be a leading supplier of on-reef facilities for coral reef research and education

a comprehensive and easily used source of information about marine habitats, communities and species around Britain and Ireland

scientists, educators, students, environmental managers and other people interested in the function, conservation and management of coastal and estuarine environments and wetlands

tracks ocean movement of marine animals and temperature change in all five of the world's oceans

operates the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey, collecting data from the North Atlantic and the North Sea on biogeography and ecology of plankton since 1931