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, and modeling of oceanic ecosystems, and include physical and chemical oceanography and fisheries biology

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

a research facility at Coconut Island, HI that is associated with the Marine Biology Department at the University of HI

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

a project to study the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean; includes blog and maps relating project progress

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