RHS Learning Commons: Ecosystems: Aquatic Ecosystems

Government and Non-Profit Websites

Water Topics
From the United States Environmental Protection Agency
LandScope New Jersey
New Jersey Conservation Summary and Priorities
PLANTS Database
From the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Waterkeeper Alliance
Local chapters include Hackensack Riverkeeper, Raritan Riverkeeper, and New York/New Jersey Baykeeper.
The Nature Conservency
Global conservation organization to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS)
From the United States Geological Survey.

History, Ecology, and Restoration of a Degraded Urban Wetland
Special issue on the Meadowlands. From Urban Habitats, an open-access electronic journal that focuses on current research on the biology of urban areas.
Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute

Environment of the Great Lakes Region
From the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN).
Invasive Species - Great Lakes
From the EPA
The Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes
See the 12 collection databases.
Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment
From the United States Fish and Wildlife Service State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Everglades Plants
From the National Park Service.
Everglades Animals
From the National Park Service.
Florida Invaders
Joint publication of the National Park Service & the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Biodiscovery and the Great Barrier Reef
From the Queensland Museum
eAtlas
From the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Programme.