Harbor
Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Program Information.
The
Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a private non-profit organization
based in Brigantine, New Jersey. Since the Center's founding in
1978, it has responded to over 1500 calls for stranded whales,
dolphins, seals, and sea turtles that washed ashore on New
Jersey beaches. These animals range from a 5 lb. Kemps RidleySea
Turtle to a 25 ton Humpback whale (both of which are endangered
species).
This
Page offers good details on a number of marine mammals.
WhaleNet's
educational web site, focusing on whales and marine research.
WhaleNet is an interactive education project sponsored by Wheelock
College in Boston, Massachusetts with support from the National
Science Foundation.
Official
site of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The institution's
primary mission is to develop and effectively communicate a fundamental
understanding of the processes and characteristics governing how
the oceans function and how they interact with the Earth as a
whole. Founded in 1930 in the village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts,
the Institution's facilities have grown to encompass 219 acres
of land and waterfront and 54 buildings and laboratories.
The
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was founded in
1987 by David Packard with a mission "to achieve and maintain
a position as a world center for advanced research and education
in ocean science and technology, through the development of better
instruments, systems, and methods for scientific research in the
deep waters of the ocean."
Detailed
information on the biology and life history of Tursiops truncatus.
A
resourceful site for porpoise news and information. Also
contains a number of other porpoise related links.
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