As in all Next Wave features, you will find at this resources page valuable links to international organizations, funding bodies, research institutions, and databases that may be helpful for those of you who are marine scientists or are about to enter this exciting field.
International
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
International Biodiversity Observation Year
Global Biological Information Facility
United States
Society for Marine Mammalogy career strategy page
A great Web site that summarizes pretty much all the info one needs for marine mammal research (there are some links for zoos, too).
A broad focus on marine biology in general, including places around the world at which you can study and/or do fieldwork.
Careers & Jobs in Marine Biology & Oceanography
What it says ... A comprehensive listing of marine biology career sites!
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
Ocean Biogeographical Information System
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
El Niño/Southern Oscillation Information
Earth Science Division at NASA Ames Research Center
Europe
European Register of Marine Species
ESF Strategy Paper "Towards a European Marine Research Area"
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish Enterprise Fellowships, UK. The fellowship provides a year's funding to get start-up companies off the ground, as well as support in the form of mentoring and business training.
Trondheim Marine Systems Research Infrastructure, Norway
For detailed funding information, see the feature contribution "Marine Science Funding for Germany and Europe."
Germany
Funding Bodies
Science Ministry (BMBF)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
For detailed information, see the feature contribution Marine Science Funding for Germany and Europe.
Research Institutions
Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
German Society for Marine Research (DGM)
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Alfred Wegener Institut Bremerhaven
Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie
International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecosystems
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment
Klimaänderung und Küste (AFFORD)
PIK Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
Further Reading
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Meeresforschung im nächsten Jahrzehnt--Denkschrift, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim (2000).
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Studien und Berufswahl, Bund-Länder-Kommission für Bildungsplanung und Forschungsförderung und Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, eds., Verlag Karl Heinrich Bock, Bad Honnef (published annually).
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Studienführer Mathematik/Naturwissenschaften, R. Böhm und H. Manns, eds., Lexika Verlag (1996).
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Careers in Oceanography and Marine-Related Fields, The Oceanography Society, ed., 4052 Timber Ridge Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 USA (1995).
