Best of the Web - What's New in Science For 9/28/2005

Top > Science > Biology > Plants_and_Animals > Animalia > Porifera

Canada's Marine Invertebrates Porifera - Information on the morphology, metabolism and reproduction of sponges.
Wordreference.com Porifera - Provides definition and taxonomy of sponges. With links to other resources.
Cretaceous Fossils of Delaware Phylum Porifera - Provides images and descriptions of preserved representatives of ancient sponges from this geologic era.
Sponges (Porifera) - Presents a preview of the book edited by Muller, W.E.G. With abstract and table of contents.
Wildlife of Sydney Sponges Porifera - Provides information on member species found in this area. With images.
Porifera Brasil - Provides images of sponges that can be found in this country. Site is in Portuguese.
Photo.net Underwater at Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia - Presents images of live sponges.
Filo Porifera - Offers photos of live sponges. With scientific names.
Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 12 Porifera - Profiles the publication by JNA Hooper and F Wiedenmayer. BY CSIRO Publishing.
Sponges Get Respect - Articles on members of this phylum. By Doug Stewart.
Porifera of SF Bay - Features images of sponges found in the San Francisco Bay area. With descriptions.
NatureServe Explorer Species Index Phylum Porifera - Offers taxonomic data on sponges.
Deep-Sea Pages: Bathyal and Abyssal Cnidaria and Porifera - Offers images of live sponges and sea anemones. By Paul H. Yancey.
Settling Plate Research Project Porifera (Sponges) - Presents images and descriptions of member species. From the field studies of the California Academy of Sciences.
Australian Faunal Directory Checklist for Porifera - Offers listing of online resources on sponges. From the Australian Biological Resources Study.
Carnivorous Sponge - Article on a species that has deviated from its filter-feeding relatives.
Porifera and Placozoa [PDF] - Offers information on the morphology and taxonomy of these animals. With illustrations.
Infoplease Porifera - Provides general information on sponge anatomy and reproduction. With links to other resources.
Porifera Lecture Outline - Provides an educational resource for the teaching of the subject. With links to images of sponges.
Morphology of Poriferans - Presents slides containing images and illustrations of sponges.
Sponges, Phylum Porifera - Provides a resource for reef aquarists. With classifications and images.
BioMedia The Biology of Sponges - Features the 15-minute video on this subject. With images and ordering information.
Florida Sponge Company - Offers natural sea sponges for various uses. With pricing and ordering information.
Gulf Specimen Marine Lab Porifera Sponges - Offers species for sale. With photos and pricing information.
Elusive Cancer Killer' A Deep-sea Hideout Discovered After a Nearly 20-year Hunt - Article on the discovery of a sponge specie that contained a cancer-killing chemical.
New Jewels of the Deep - Article on the newly discovered value of sponges in ecology and human health.
Blue Cup Sponge - Features the painting by Harry Hoffman. From Peter Sawyer Antiques.
Blue Vase Sponge - Features an image of this specie. With ordering information.
Laboratory 2 Phylum Porifera [DOC] - Presents an educational resource on sponges.
Answers.com Sponge - Offers a variety of information on these animal species. With images and links to other resources.
Marbef Data System Porifera - Presents taxonomic data on sponges from the European Register of Marine Species.

Top > Science > Biology > Plants_and_Animals > Animalia > Rotifera

Introduction to the Rotifera - Provides a description of the characteristics of rotifers. With pictures.
Phylum Rotifera Overview - Features a diagram of the internal anatomy of a rotifer. With photos.
Tree of Life Web Project Rotifera - Provides information on the rotifers. With links.
Bartleby.com Rotifera - Provides basic facts of the phylum. From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2001-05.
Rotifera VIII: A Comparative Approach - Describes a publication on the proceedings of the VIIIth International Rotifer Symposium. With pricing information.
Rotifera, Zoology: Invertebrates - Provides a brief description of rotifers. With links.
WheelBase, A Data Base of Rotifer Biology - Features a systematic source of information on rotifers. With links.

Top > Science > Biology > Plants_and_Animals > Animalia > Sipuncula

Smithsonian Marine Station - Phylum Sipuncula - Presents taxonomic classification including class, order, family, genus and scientific names.
Phylum Sipuncula and Phylum Annelida - Presents the body structures and functions, habitat, traits and characteristics of these animals.
Organisms: Sipuncula - Contains basic information and hierarchy of the phylum. With links to chemical and gene onthology of sample species.
Sipuncula - Provides information on morphology, metabolism, reproduction and ecology.
Phylum Sipuncula - Presents the taxonomic classification of the animal including years of discovery of species.
Chek Jawa: Peanut Worm - Presents the body parts, composition, feeding and reproduction of these species. With images.
UniProtKB: Sipuncula - Features the taxonomic classification, descriptions, representative organisms and measurements. With links to details of species.

Top > Science > Reference > Units_of_Measurement

NIST International System of Units - Provides a reference on constants, units, and uncertainty.
NIST Metric Information and Conversions - Find common conversion factors such as metric to inch-pound and inch-pound to metric. Also provides conversion tools, publications and information.
All Measures - Offers a large conversion table, an online converter of units of measure.
English Weights and Measures - Information on Imperial weights and measures.
How Many? - Offers a full dictionary of units of measurement.

Top > Science > Reference > Units_of_Measurement > Online_Calculators

OnlineConversion.com - Offers thousands of conversions for almost every unit of measurement. Also offers a free conversion software for Windows users.
Digital Dutch Unit Converter - Simply convert units of length, distance, density, bits, bytes, force, mass, power, pressure, speed, temperature, and volume.
NIST Conversion Factors for Energy Equivalents - Online converter for units of energy.
Calculator.com - Online calculator directory offering calculations and conversions for all units of measurement.

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