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Species and Behaviors Information and Links

Behaviors of Whales

Sleep: How do Whale Sleep? (from Scientific American)
Sound: How do whales use sound?

Many species and links

Information on Types of Whales / Classification of Species
Information and Images of many species are available on the following links.
[¥= Interesting links for Species Information]

Information links to Specific Species of Marine Mammals/Whales
(Click on a link to access species specific information)

American Cetacean Society¥ Species Links, NEW ACS Species information link
CETACEA - Brief overview of a wide variety of species with habitat range maps.
Discovering Whales¥, nicely done page. Still Free - listing by species
National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, Marine Mammal species

Cetacean Summaries - Very useful overviews.

Marine Mammal Stocks Assessments , NMFS
Seals - Seal Conservation Society resources, Images and Information, Looks GREAT!

Other Information on Marine Mammals/Whales

Humpback Migration Routes North Atlantic Routes
Dolphin Anatomy
NMFS Whale Recovery Plans¥ - selected species.
NMFS/NEFSC Marine Mammal Research Cruise results.

NMFS Protected Species Branch

Images

Build your own skeleton (How to Articulate a Skeleton)
Marine Mammal Stranding Center
MARINE MAMMALS OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC - list with images.
NetVet list of Links - VERY GOOD list for info.
NMFS Organism Images
NMFS Cetacean Images - Index of many photos
NMFS Species Index of status and Recovery Plans
Fish FAQ and Information, WHOI
NMFS - U.S. Marine Fishes - Many Fish images/drawings
NOAA Images of Marine Mammals** Very Good.
Center for Whale Research - Orca Info
Orcas in Captivity
Orcas in the Mist, Sounds and info
Orcas (Espanol) Sea World
Plankton Key

Make a Plankton Net

Plankton Information
Plankton 3D Images
Sea World Educational Resources
Specimen Images Listed by Phylum (images)
Sperm Whale Images (unique) - What is inside a whale?
Blue Whale Dissection - What is inside a whale?
Whale Species Identification Key. VERY USEFUL
Whale Species Identification Chart:Allied Whale/College of the Atlantic

Seals - Seal Conservation Society resources, Images and Information, GREAT!
NOAA Seals/Pinnipeds - National Marine Mammal Lab

Blue Whales

Blue Whale off Canada (East coast)
Blue Whale Contaminents Research

Narwhals

http://members.aol.com/puffindog/narwhal.html (great photos)
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/cgi-bin/wdb/msw/names/query/13077

Orca Links

Orca attacking a Gray Whale (CNN page)
Orca Stuvey, Center for Whale Research
http://connexus.apana.org.au/~kerrynr/orcfacts.htm
Orca Live
Orca Homepage

An Orca Case Study on Captivity

More related links on the Educational Resources page.