Science Centres: Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity

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Web links

Links to related NIWA programmes

• Aquatic Plant Management
• Environmental Hydrology and Habitat Hydraulics
• Marine Biodiversity and Systematics
• River Ecosystems and Land-use Interactions

Links to other websites

• Department of Conservation (DoC) biodiversity strategy
• Ministry for the Environment (MfE) biodiversity issues
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• North American Benthological Society taxonomic experts
• Diatom homepage (Indiana University Biology Department)
• Tree of life – a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other.
• NatureServe
• World Biodiversity Database
• Freshwater Biodiversity: a preliminary global assessment – The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) was established in 2000 as the world biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme. Information on inland waters and their biodiversity provided on the WCMC site under “Habitats | Freshwater | Freshwater Biodiversity” includes the first global assessment of areas of special importance for freshwater biodiversity.
• Species 2000Catalogue of Life< is the website’s search screen.