Marine Biologists

You will bring your expertise to your team by presenting both verbally and in writing (through your journal) the fauna (animals) of the coral reef. As you know, tropical species are extremely colorful and can be very unusual. Therefore, you will rely heavily on having visuals.

Research Questions for the Marine Biologist

1. What animals live in and around the reef? Identify, visually represent, and research eight.

2. How do these animals contribute within the ecosystem?

3. Assess the importance of some of these animals outside of the ecosystem.

4. Choose three animals and justify why it is so important that each be saved from extinction.

Internet Sites

For the Internet portion of your WebQuest, you will follow these links specifically chosen for your topic.

Ocean Planet http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_immunity.html

Sea World www.seaworld.org

Diving Bonaire http://www.interknowledge.com/bonaire/bondiv01.htm

Marine Sanctuary http://wave.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/nmsp/nmsfloridakeys.html

Marine Invertebrates of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/inverts/inverts.htm

Marine Fishes of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/fishes/fishes.htm

Hawaii Coral Reef Network http://www.coralreefs.hawaii.edu/