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- Organisation websites
- Other scheme participants
- Green Book
- Taxon name checks
- General ID
- Polychaeta
- Crustacea
- Echinodermata
- Mollusca
- Macroalgae
- Fish Taxonomy
- General Fish Information
- Biotopes
- Biodiversity
- Seabed mapping
- Conservation
- Climate Change
- Other useful sites
- Museums
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Organisation websites:
Defra Defra Scottish Environment and Rural Affairs Department Scottish Environment & Rural Affairs Department Scottish Environment Protection Agency Scottish Environment Protection Agency Environment Agency Environment Agency
Northern Ireland Environment Agency Website screenshot Northern Ireland Environment Agency Fisheries Research Services Fisheries Research Services Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture
Science (Cefas)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Marine Institute Marine Institute BEQUALM BEQUALM    

Other scheme participants:
Unicomarine Unicomarine ERT (Scotland) Ltd ERT (Scotland)
Ltd		 Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Natural
Heritage		 Natural England Natural England
Countryside Council for Wales Countryside
Council for
Wales		 Institute of Aquaculture Institute of
Aquaculture		 EMU Ltd EMU Ltd Institute of Esturine and Coastal Studies (IECS) Institute of
Esturine and
Coastal Studies
(IECS)
Fish Vet Fish Vet Astra Zenica Astra Zenica Ecomaris Ecomaris Fugro Survey Ltd Fugro Survey Ltd
MES - Marine Ecological Surveys MES - Marine
Ecological Surveys		            

Green Book:   Taxon name checks:   General ID:
Scottish Environment Protection Agency - Green Book Green Book   MarBEF MarBEF Zoo Bank Zoo Bank   MBARI Ocean Creatures Quiz MBARI Ocean
Creatures Quiz

Polychaeta:   Crustacea:       Echinodermata:
Natural History Museum - Taxonomic Information Natural History
Museum
- Taxonomic
Information 		  crustacea.net crustacea.net Crustikon Crustikon   Echinoderm World Records Echinoderm World Records

Mollusca:            
Slug Site Slug Site Sea Slug Forum Sea Slug
Forum		        

Macroalgae:
Algaebase Algaebase Quercus Quercus Seaweed Site Seaweed Site MBARI - Marine Flora MBARI - Marine Flora
Algaebase British Isles
Seaweed
Images		            

Fish Taxonomy:    
Fish Base Fish Base Natural History Museum Natural History Museum UK Species UK Species    

General Fish Information:    
Environment Agency - Fish Environment Agency - Fish Scottish Executive - Fisheries Scottish Executive - Fisheries Central Fisheries Board Central Fisheries Board    

Biotopes:        
EUNIS _European Environment Agency EUNIS - European Environment Agency MarLIN MarLIN        

Biodiversity:
National Biodiversity Network National Biodiversity Network MarBEF MarBEF Biodiversity Scotland Biodiversity
Scotland		 England Biodiversity Group England Biodiversity Group
Quercus Quercus Biodiversity Northern Ireland Biodiversity
Northern Ireland		 Wales Biodiversity Partnership Wales
Biodiversity Partnership		    

Seabed mapping:        
JNCC - Joint Nature Conservation Committee JNCC - Joint Nature Conservation Committee MESH - Mapping European Seabed Habits MESH - Mapping European Seabed Habits        

Conservation:        
Marine Conservation Society Marine Conservation Society UK Marine Special Areas of Conservation UK Marine Special Areas of Conservation        

Climate change:        
MarClim - Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change MarClim - Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change Marine Climate Change Impacts Marine Climate Change Impacts        

Other useful sites:    
The Marine Biological Association of the UK Coastal and Marine Resource Atlas
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland
NBN Gateway website image NBN Gateway for species data British Oceanographic Data Centre
MESH webGIS website image MESH webGIS JNCC MArine Habitat Classification website image Marine Habitat Classification
Literature searches via British Library Direct Census of Marine Life
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature Integrated Taxonomic Information System
North Sea Benthos Survey Project -1986
OSPAR Commission
Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Challenger Reports
SERPENT – Deep sea biology using Remote Operated Vehicles International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

Museums:
Natural History Museum Natural History Museum National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Scotland Ulster Museum Ulster Museum National Museum Wales National Museum Wales