Course Content
Hydrosphere: Marine Life

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Deep Sea Corals of Nova Scotia
Martin Willison, Department of Biology and School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Elementary Oceanography
Eugene Gallagher, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Environments for Life
Simon Brassell, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University

Ocean Oil Spills
Earth Science Australia

The Remarkable Ocean World
Sean Chamberlin, Earth Science Department, Fullerton College

Toward a Sustainable Whaling Regime
Robert L. Friedheim, Editor (Seattle: University of Washington Press, Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI) Press, 2001)

Why Do Reefs Look the Way They Do?
Steven Miller, Project Aquarius, National Undersea Research Center, National Ocean and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)

World Fisheries: Declines, Potential, and Human Reliance
David Allan, University of Michigan

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Black Smokers
American Museum of Natural History Expeditions

Expeditions to the Sea Floor
Dive and Discover, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Sea Expeditions Help Build a New Ethic
Environmental News Network, NOAA

Watching Beneath the Ice: SealCam
Randall Davis, Texas A&M University, Galvaston, and Lee Fuiman, University of Texas, Austin

EXERCISES AND LABS

From the Top of the World . . . to the Bottom of the Food Web
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, NASA

Habitat for Life: Voyage and Questions
Karen Grove, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University

Vents Program
New Millennium Observatory (NeMO), Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory

Fishbanks
William A. Prothero, Department of Geological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara

RESEARCH & POLICY

Climate and Fisheries: Interacting Paradigms, Scales, and Policy Approaches
Andrew Bakun and Kenneth Broad; International Research Institute for Climate Prediction Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 106th Congress
Eugene H. Buck, The National Council for Science and the Environment

From the Harpoon to the Heat
William C. G. Burns, Pacific Institute (Oakland, California)

Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law
Chris Hedley, www.oceanlaw.net

July 2000 Mission Summary ("Effects of Water Flow and Prey Behavior on Coral Feeding")
K. Sebens and K. Heidelberg, Project Aquarius, National Undersea Research Center, NOAA

Marine Aquaculture in the United States: Environmental Impacts and Policy Options
Dr. Rebecca J. Goldburg, Matthew S. Elliott, and Dr. Rosamond L. Naylor; Pew Oceans Commission

Project ALERT (Augmented Learning Environment and Renewable Teaching)
NASA (Ames Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Earth Science Enterprise) and California State University System

Status and Health of Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Habitat: the Road Ahead
U.S. Global Change Research Program

1972: Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), as amended in 1988 by the Ocean Dumping Ban Act
United States Congress

1972: Marine Mammal Protection Act
United States Congress

1980: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
United States Congress

1995: Fisheries Act
United States Congress