Library Resources
- PALS, Minnesota State University System On-Line Library Resources.
- BSU Ready Reference, a compendium of useful stuff though primarily intended for librarians
- Request Form for BSU Interlibrary Loans for journals (Use bar code number from
ID and last name for password)
- University of Minnesota Library, some capabilities limited to currently registered students, staff, and faculty.
- Johns Hopkin's University Press, with first chapters on-line for selected works.
- Full-text, Adobe Acrobat copies of Classic Genetics Papers! (Including Malthus,Darwin, Mendel, Galton, Bateson . . .)
Searchable Databases
These databases provide direct access to titles (and in some cases) abstracts of primary and secondary scientific literature. Searchable databases for
specific taxonomic groups are included under the Taxonomy and Systematics heading below. In the Minnesota Waters section you will also find a couple of searchable sites that provide information about specific
Minnesota lakes and stream.
- FirstSearch: a powerful, but fee based service that requires an
access code (student researchers in Aquatic Biology see Dann)
- CARL Unover: Free searches and a good place to start (if you can spare $25 you might
also want to check out Reveal, another nifty CARL service.
- The Universities Water Information Network provides access to a searchable database of water resources abstracts. This is a great site for students information about
physics, chemistry, and geology of freshwater systems.
- Oceanography on the net -- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library.
Information Resources
General
- "Tree of Life" is an on-going project attempting to present a comprehensive overview of evolutionary relationships among taxa. This is a collaborative
effort of some of the best evolutionary scholars and researchers and is an excellent resource.
Freshwater Invertebrates
Fish Links
Miscellaneous highly-derived sarcopterygians
- DUCKDATA: a bibliographic database of North American waterfowl (Anatidae) and their wetland habitats.
Writing Resources
Statistical and Mathematical Resources
Software
- Populus, a comprehensive package of computer models in evolutionary ecology, is available for download.
1) Download the software to a blank disk or directly to your hard-drive and run the executeable file to expand the program. Have fun!
- Curve Expert 1.3, an handy shareware tool for fitting equations to data -- you've got to see it to believe it! (and it is available for evaluation without cost or obligation).
- BioStat, a freely distributed program for computing biological statistics. I haven't used it yet myself but I have heard good things through the electronic grapevine.
- Nesbitt Software, home of WebEdit, IMO the coolest little webpage editor available for the money and you can download and use a fully functional demo version free for a month.
- Soft Seek is a great way to find freeware and software on the web. See what you can find.
ftp Downloads
- Executable Word Perfect Envoy files (including viewer and printer interface)
- Current version of my resume/CV.
- Use this link to download a copy of Checklist of Minnesota Fishes.
- Test Links: Syllabus for Seminar in Aquatic Biology and Spreadsheet Exercise 1
- Quattro Pro worksheet pages for fisheries and aquatic ecology applications. Download
files, open in Quattro or import to other spreadsheet programs and follow instructions provided.
- von Bertalanffy growth function solver
- Shareware or software for evaluation
- Opera internet browser -- an amazingly compact and fast alternative to Netscape and Internet Explorer. Download and run the single self-installing
file and give it a try -- you won't be disappointed! [Windows NT/95 Version].
- Use this link to download a copy of Event Timing, a handy little program written by Dr. James Richards (Math and Computer Science, Bemidji State University). The program uses
taps on the space bar to record intervals between events (e.g., fish ventilations) and outputs means and standard deviations.
- The big two, Nature and Science provide limited free access and expanded services for registered users and paid subscribers.
As weekly publications, they provide very current research and science news.
- American Naturalist, American Society of Naturalists
- Academic Press Journal On-line, full text format -- includes Journal of Fish Biology.
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, full text available free on an experimental basis.
Requires Adobe Acrobat reader, also available for free download.
- Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin, peer-reviewed online journal with full articles available for download in PDF (Adobe Acrobat format).
- The Scientist, an on-line journal of breaking scientific news.
- Trends Techniques Online, a peer-reviewed compendium of research tips and
techniques for molecular biology and genetics.
- Scientific American Website, includes reports on breaking science news, an Ask the experts... feature, lots of links, and highlights of current and past issues.
- Behavioral Ecology Online: direct access to abstracts and author contact information plus pre-publication notice of breaking conceptual developments.
- AQBIO_L: the official ListServ of the Aquatic Biology Program at Bemidji State University
- To subscribe to FISH-ECOLOGY use this link to send a message with subscribe fish-ecology in the body of the message (not on the subject line). Once you have subscribed, you can use this link as a short-cut to post to Fish-Ecology.
- LAKES-L: to subscribe use this link to end a message with subscribe lakes-l in the body of the message (again not on the subject line; use lower-case letters).
- ACN-L: to subscribe to the Aquatic Conservation Network list, just use the ACN-L link provided here to send an email message with subscribe ACN-L in the first line of the message (disable your signature file if you have one)
- List of Lists: website that provides a searchable index of 66,000+ imdependently managed lists (updated weekly).
- FishNet: Lake Information, Minnesota DNR Lake Survey Information.
- MPCA's water quality data for 1400+ Minnesota lakes.
- E.P.A. STORET: National water quality database; has the potential to be a great tool but is curretnly undergoing a
major restructuring and as yet is cumbersone to access (but it looks like it will be a great resource in the near future.
- NOAA Streamflow Database: real-time streamflow information from rivers in Minnesota and throughout the U.S.
- EPA's Index of Watershed Indicators, provides readily accessible watershed information.
- Great Lakes Information Network: Includes
information related to ecology, economics, tourism, events, news, and weather.
- Minnesota Sea Grant: Includes
Seiche newsletter, list of publications, aquaculture information, exotic species
reports and more.
- Water Resources Research Center:
University of Minnesota: Directory of water experts at Minnesota colleges and universities,
Minnegram newsletter articles, calendar of events.
- Mississippi Headwaters Board: an excellent
introduction to regional resources.
- Minnesota Lakes Association, an association of lake associations.
- Chippewa National Forest, not much scientifically useful information but has some maps.
- Superior National Forest, same as above.
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Current stuff
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