Links to the world of copepods

Copepods

Copepod Web Portal Linklist and description of copepod groups by Giuseppe Pesce.

Monoculus WWW Site The International Copepod Newsletter.

Sean Avent's Copepod Page Sean Avent is working on Eurytemora americana and provides a lot of links.

Copepod diversity from the Natural History Museum in the UK

Dr. Bruce C. Coull at the USC Meiofauna Laboratory featuring the Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Copepods.

A short introduction to copepod biology and other marine crustaceans of Southern Australia.

The virtual copepod page Celeste Fowler from Jules Jaffe's Lab (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) offers rendered animations (avi and mov) of copepods with special emphasis on locomotion.

Description and species list of the genera Calocalanus and Oncaea by Dr. Shmeleva of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol. Every name of a species is linked to a drawing.

Copepod Sensory Systems The Laboratory of Petra Lenz & Dan Hartline provides an introduction to the sensory system of copepods. Many links to zooplankton sensory research groups.

A list of those researching or interested in Zooplankton Sensory Systems

Transatlantic Study of Calanus finmarchicus (TASC) Study of physical and biological processes affecting the population biology of C. finmarchicus.

Globec An interdisciplinary project on population dynamics of key species on the Georges Bank (Calanus finmarchicus und Pseudocalanus).

Effect of oil pollution on Ectinosomatidae west of the Shetland Peninsula after the "Braer" tanker spill.

Copepodology at the Smithsonian Institution

The Wilson Copepod Library

Eoscope The Homepage of Uwe Kils. Take a look at a calanoid copepod , an amphipod or a krill. Click on details on the latter two images to zoom in and get bigger high resolution pictures.

Planktonic Copepods Data base on biodiversity and biogeography of planktonic copepods

Groundwater biology

Groundwater Copepods from Italy Introduction to copepods with emphasis on groundwater species and their evolution by Giuseppe Pesce. Complete list of ground water copepods in Italy with coloured distribution maps, description of habitats, a lot of information and links.

Groundwater biology home page Another page from Giuseppe Pesce, probably the best source for information on groundwater biology.

Cavebiology.com: Site by Thomas M. Iliffe from Texas A&M University at Galveston offers information on diversity, significance and distribution of anchialine caves and cave animals with special emphasis on Bahahmas and Yucatan caves.

Biospeologica Bibliographia A literature list on biospeology by Bernard LeBreton.

Between the grains: interstitial life observed by Robert Higgins.

The next three sites offer a lot of information
on ground water related issues, but the metazoan
ground water fauna is not mentioned.

American Ground Water Trust with information on Bacteria and Protozoa in water wells. Unfortunately their server seems to be down sometimes.

National Ground Water Association (USA)

Ground Water Protection Council

Organizations, Institutes

Meiofauna Homepage Newsletter of the International Association of Meiobenthologists with links to the latest issues of "Psammonalia" and the archive.

Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik e.V. (GfBS) The Society for Biological Systematics

Image Quest 3-D Excellent plankton photography and new sections with articles and news concerning plankton research.

SIO Planktonic Invertebrate Collection Search for samples in the database of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science took over the Continual Plankton Recorder Survey.

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Institute of Ocean Science The largest marine institute in Canada

Biolinks

University of Guelph Plankton Net with extensive link list.

Links to crustacean pages

Missing Link - Versandbuchhandlung Difficulties in getting books from the UK or USA? They will probably be able to help you.

Natural History Book Service - Home PageThey offer special catalogues on zoology, botany, ecology etc.

GBV|| Online Datenbanken Search several libraries in Germany.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue: Biosciences