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Seamount CatalogThis is a database of seamounts projected on a Google-Earth type map. It is a highly useful tool that provides the metadata of the object, as well as data about entire chains.
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SeamountsOnline A database of seamount biology. This interactive site, also Google-Earth based, has thumbnails for different seamounts. Clicking on them yields information on the creatures that are confirmed to live on it. This is a very helpful tool for understanding its biological community. In fact, it often has more information then the above reference.
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Region M PDF File listing important basic information about undersea geological features of Antarctica, most of them seamounts. Compiled in 2006 by a Scientific community.
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MBARI mapping programThis page is an index of data collected from a series of mappings in 1998 of the coast of California/Oregon/Washington.
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Seamount Ecology Extremely detailed PDF on Seamount ecology (2006). High res Low res. You have to read it to understand fully the importance of Seamounts to underwater bio communities.
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CenSeam Census of Marine Life project CenSeam: a global census of marine life on seamounts
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Google Search Engine The oft-used search engine.
Advantages:Broad site coverage; proven reliability.
Disadvantages:Most hits are junk. For example, typing in "Orca Seamount" yields almost invariably data on the Orca Whale.
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Scirus Research ToolThis science-only tool searches an indexed archive in the millions for scientific information on your query.
Advantages: Science-Only Search means no "Junk" site hits, as with Google or others.
Disadvantages: Simply too refined; many valuable (non-scientific, usually) sources left out; most hits are Digital Journals that are subscription-only.
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See also: Online Seamount Resources
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