Life & taxa hub >

Contents below:

     · Taxonomic guides & databases for aquatic life

       · Periodicals

         · NGOs

           ⇒ Freshwater life

             ⇒ Diadromous life

               ⇒ Marine life

                        ⇒ Corals

                        ⇒ Sharks

Also see:

     · Marine mammals

       · Cetacea (whales)

         · Freshwater hub and associated pages

           · Marine hub and associated pages, most particularly:

              ~ Fisheries

              ~ Fisheries institutions

Taxonomic guides & databases for aquatic taxa

     · Also see taxonomic guides at Freshwater taxa & Marine taxa

FishBase

     AquaMaps

Periodicals

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management

Aquatic Living Resources

NGOs

Aquatic Life Institute (ALI)

Important considerations:

While aquatic life is most decidedly not a taxonomic ranking, from a conservation perspective there are some practical advantages to focusing on aquatic life as a distinct grouping.

If you are looking for information on a particular species or taxon, your best starting point is likely to be either the Catalogue of Life (CoL) or one of the databases listed below.