Biomes

The importance of biomes cannot be overestimated. Biomes have changed and moved many times during the history of life on Earth. More recently, human activities have drastically altered these communities. Thus, conservation and preservation of biomes should be a major concern to all.

Great Sites

Biomes http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Biomes.html 

Biomes of the World
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/ 

http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Science/Net_Lessons/Biomes/Biomelinks.html 

Biomes - Habitats http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ 

Temperate Forest

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tbdf/tbdf.html 

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/index.htm 

http://www.hesd.k12.ca.us/resource/biomes/temperate.htm 

Estuaries

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/aquatic.html 

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/ 

Tropical Rain Forest

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/forests.html 

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm 

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/savanna/savanna.html 

http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Bio96_97/P3/TropicalRF/cgdb3.html 

Taiga

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/taiga/taiga.html 

http://www.hesd.k12.ca.us/resource/biomes/taiga.htm 

http://realscience.breckschool.org/upper/eb_biomes01/biome6/6.taiga3/

Grasslands

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tempgrass/tempgras.html 

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/grassland.html 

• 1. USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

     Information for wildlife managers, scientists, and the public on natural resource issues and biota of the North American Great Plains.
     www.npwrc.usgs.gov/

• 1. The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois

     Introduction to different kinds of tallgrass prairies in the state, describing their history, animals and plants. Includes many photos of prairie plants.
     www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/tallgrass.html

• 1. Prairies of Illinois

     Find out the why Illinois is known as the Prairie State. Includes details on history, ecology, and photo galleries of select prairies, and bibliography.
     dnr.state.il.us/conservation/naturalheritage/florafauna/document.htm

• 1. Prairies

     More Prairie Websites; Background on the National Grasslands in the Northern Great Plains from the National Wildlife Federation ...
     42explore.com/prairie.htm

Freshwater Wetlands

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/aquatic.html 

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/ 

Marine

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/aquatic.html

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/

http://www.biomes.org/FAQ/biomes_FAQ_ans_006.htm

Desert

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/deserts.html

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/desert/desert.html

Tundra

http://search.excite.com/search.gw?search=Tundra+biome&tsug=
-1&csug=10&look=excite_netcenter_us

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tundra/tundra.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html

• Estes Park Wild Watch
• Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Project
   

• Tundra Facts

  Facts about the Tundra Temperature: The Tundra has extremely cold temperatures. The summer high is around 40 degrees F. The coldest winter temperature gets ...
  members.tripod.com/~T00Beyond/facts.html
   

• Summer Tundra Pictures - stock photos and fine art prints

  26 pictures of Summer Tundra by professional photographer QT Luong, available as fine art prints or for stock photography licensing.
  www.terragalleria.com/photos/?keyword=summer-tundra
   

• ARCTIC PLANT LIFE (tundra plants, adaptations, lichens and mosses)

  LICHENS (li-kens) are one type of plant found in the Arctic. A lichen looks like one plant but is made up of two different kinds of plants - algae (al-jee) ...
  www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Aplants3.html