Barbara Pauley Pagen and William R. Pagen Library

Online Marine-Related Information

Coral Reef Research in Hawai‘i

Ms. Y.N Meulemans, graduae of the UH School of Library and Information Sciences, created a webliography of the major coral reef information sites on the web. This site gives links to online publications, directories, surveys, identification guides etc.

Earth and Planetary Sciences Portal

Site includes around 70 journals, with direct navigation to more than 58,000 online articles published since 1995, over 400 books, and various other publications and services of Elsevier under the imprints of Elsevier, Pergamon, Academic Press, Butterworth Heinemann, and Gulf Professional Publishing. U.H. users can access the full text of journal articles from this website.

FishBase

FishBase is a relational database containing the largest existing compilation of fish population dynamics data. That's just the tip of it. Too much data to describe! A ICLARM/FAO project.

Hawaii Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP)

CRAMP is a statewide, integrated research program designed to identify the controlling factors, both natural and anthropogenic, contributing to the stability, decline, or recovery of Hawaiian reefs.

Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law

“This Guide is designed to be the largest collection of information on international fisheries law and related subjects on the web. The new version contains a number of new sections, including a monthly news Bulletin and a discussion list.”

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the University of Hawai‘i is responsible for the oversight and evaluation of the animal care and use program and its components.

Kane‘ohe Bay Long Term Monitoring Project (Kane‘ohe Bay CISNet)

A long term project to monitor water quality and sediment processes in Kaneohe Bay. Kane‘ohe Bay, characterized as “one of the most intensively studied coral reef systems in the world”, is located on the windward NE coast of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.

LarvalBase

LarvalBase is a comprehensive information system on fish larvae that are relevant in the field of fisheries research and finfish aquaculture, combining traditional sources such as primary and “grey” literature.

Oceanography Reference Shelf

A web site maintained by Scripps Institute of Oceanography containing a wealth of ocean related sites and data.

Northwest Hawaiian Islands Expedition

In 2000 a major scientific expedition explored the NWHI territory. The Bishop Museum has created a web page that captures much of the findings and experiences of the expedition.

OceanPortal

Huge site primarily focused on physical, chemical, climate related oceanography. Access to many datasets, databases, organizations and project websites. Look at the handy calculators for tide, wave, chemical calculations.

Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information Service for Education (PRAISE)

PRAISE is a full service site for local and international information on aquaculture.

Science Specific Search Engines

You can speed up you web searches by using these specialized web search engines. Try adding “pdf” to your search strategy to pick up full text files.

Scirus

Scirus performs “science filtered” searches of the Internet. It enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily.

 

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