All Catfish Species Inventory
http://clade.acnatsci.org/allcatfish/
The All Catfish Species Inventory (ACSI) serves to "facilitate the discovery, description and dissemination of knowledge of all catfish species by a global consortium of taxonomists and systematists." Contributed to by ichthyologists around the world, this Web site provides a useful portal to catfish resources and information. Features include a listing of type specimen locations, a guide to current phylogenetic studies and other projects, distribution maps, catfish news and announcements, and more. Catfish families and the researchers who study them are organized in a table, with links to additional tables that break down by genera. The site also contains an excellent photo gallery, including a page devoted to catfish oddities. [RS]
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The Alwyn H. Gentry Forest Transect Data Set [.xls]
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/gentry/transect.shtml
The Missouri Botanic Garden has recently made available forest transect data collected from sites around the world by the late Alwyn H. Gentry. As part of a project developed to "ensure that Gentry's ecological data receive maximum use and are readily available to the biological research community," an electronic version of the entire data set (226 transects total) is accessible through this Web site, free of charge. Users must submit an access request Web form each time they retrieve data files, but this takes only a moment. Users may then (1) browse individual transects (organized alphabetically by taxon), (2) download data for individual transects into Excel, and/or (3) download entire data set as a Text or Excel file. [RS]
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National Marine Mammal Laboratory: Aerial and Land-based Surveys of Stellar Sea Lions [.pdf]
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/AlaskaEcosystems/sslhome/sg/survey0102.htm
The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) conducts research on marine mammals for the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with a particular focus on marine mammals in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. This Web site contains a report on Stellar sea lion survey research -- part of NMML's Alaska Ecosystem Program. The report may be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF file. The site also includes links to other NMML Web pages for more information on Stellar sea lion research, including 1997-98 and 1999-2000 survey data. [RS]
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The Bruns Lab
http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/~bruns/
The homepage of the Bruns Lab at the University of California-Berkeley Department of Plant and Microbial Biology provides an excellent collection of online resources for mycologists. Offering much more than the usual faculty directory and research overview, this well-maintained Web site doubles as a gateway to mycology on the Web. Features include various primer maps, sequence alignment files, abstracts for recent publications from the Bruns Lab, a virtual tour of the lab that includes a terrific collection of fungi photos, useful mycological Web links, and more. [RS]
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Bug Bytes [.pdf, .wav]
http://cmave.usda.ufl.edu/~rmankin/soundlibrary.html
Containing a catalog of recorded insect noises, this Web site is presented by Richard Mankin of the Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, a division of the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Organized by species and subject, this unusual library contains approximately 40 audio clips of such subtle insect noises as the wing vibrations of a butterfly and the sound of a termite feeding. Some background noise is unavoidable with recordings such as these, but the Web site includes a sample file for training the ear to distinguish insect noises from extraneous sounds. Bug Bytes is engaging enough to warrant a visit from both researchers and general visitors alike. [RS]
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Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
http://www.copewithcytokines.de/
The Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia (COPE) is the brainchild of Horst Ibelgaufts of Germany's Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Gene Center. Part super-glossary, part general guide to the "jungles, morasses, and deserts of cytokine-land," this incredibly extensive Web site helps researchers stay on top of newly identified proteins and previously identified but recently reevaluated proteins. As of February 2003, COPE contains over 8,700 entries, which have been mercifully grouped into sub-glossaries by subject: apoptosis, cell lines, chemokines, cytokine topics, hematology, metalloproteinases virokines, viroceptors, and virulence factors. [RS]
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ANSI/ AAMI EC13 Test Waveforms
http://www.physionet.org/physiobank/database/aami-ec13/
This Web page contains one of the latest offerings from PhysioNet, a public service of the National Institute of Health's National Center for Research Resources, which provides free access to digitally recorded physiologic signals and related software. In January 2003, PhysioNet made available this standard set of test waveforms (as specified by the American National Standard for cardiac monitors, heart rate meters, and alarms). The files provided may be used to test a number of devices that monitor electrocardiogram, and include both synthetic and real waveforms. Frequently updated to include new databases and other resources, PhysioNet is a must-bookmark Web site for the physiological research community. [RS]
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FISHBOT: Fish Identity Search Heuristic Based On Taxonomy
http://george.cosam.auburn.edu:591/fishbot/index.htm
Maintained by J. Armbruster of Auburn University, FISHBOT is an easy-to-use, interactive fish identification tool designed to improve upon the traditional static identification key. Intended for experts and beginners alike, FISHBOT allows users to enter as few or as many diagnostic characters as desired, retrieving the species (plus photos, range maps, and comparative information) that fit those parameters. Individual species pages provide additional information. Currently, FISHBOT contains data for the Centrarchidae only, and it's not clear whether the Web site will be further expanded. Even if limited in scope, FISHBOT should nonetheless prove an extremely useful tool for ichthyologists or anyone needing to distinguish between centrarchid species. [RS]
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