Florida Environmental Databases

• Florida Biotic Information Consortium (FBIC). Directory of environmental databases.
• Linking Florida's Natural Heritage (LFNH) including the Florida Environments OnLine (FEOL) database, which has bibliographic information on Florida plants, animals and ecosystems.

Florida Environmental Academic Programs

Florida A&M University

• College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture
• Environmental Science Institute

Florida Atlantic University

• Department of Ocean Engineering
• Center for Environmental Studies
• FAU/FIU Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems

Florida Gulf Coast University

• Environmental Studies Program
• Marine Science Program
• Graduate Program in Environmental Science (requires Acrobat Reader)

Florida International University

• Department of Environmental Studies
• Environmental Engineering MS Program
• Environmental and Urban Systems MS Program [no web page link]

Florida State University

• Department of Oceanography
• Environmental Studies Program
• Florida Resources & Environmental Analysis Center (FREAC)
• Institute for International Cooperative Environmental Research

New College of Florida

• Division of Natural Sciences

University of Central Florida

• Conservation Biology Program

University of Florida

• College of Natural Resources and Environment
• School of Forest Resources and Conservation
• Center for Natural Resources
• Sea Grant Program
• Florida LAKEWATCH
• Environmental Engineering Sciences
• Environmental Health and Safety
• Geomatics Program
• GeoPlan Center
• Florida Gap Analysis Project

University of South Florida

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• College of Marine Science

University of West Florida

• Department of Environmental Studies
• Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation (CEDB)

Government Agencies and Environmental Regulations

• Government Agencies Directory. Listing of international, foreign government, U.S., and Florida agencies (maintained by Government Documents @ MSL).
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
• Fish and Wildlife Reference Service. Publications of the state cooperative units for fish and wildlife.
• National Biological Survey (Biological division of the U.S. Geological Survey)
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Department of Environmental Protection
• National Library for the Environment (National Council for Science and the Environment)
• Natural Resources Canada
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Geneva
• U.S. Federal Laws & Regulations
• WWW Virtual Library-Law. Includes environmental law (Indiana University School of Law)
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Register
• Federal Laws and Regulations (EPA site)
• Regulatory Updates compiled by Regulatory Compliance Professionals. This is not all inclusive and is solely intended to highlight current regulatory EPA and OSHA developments in the areas of Air Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Wastewater.

Instructions for conducting a Legislative History

• Florida Laws & Regulations
• Florida Statutes
• General Laws of Florida
• Florida Administrative Code
• Florida Administrative Weekly

Ecosystems and Ecology

• WWW Virtual Library-Environment (Earth Systems)
• Envirolink Online Environmental Community
• Natural Resources Research Information
• Coastal Services Center (NOAA)
• Coral Health and Monitoring Program (NOAA)
• National Estuary Program (EPA)
• National Wetlands Inventory (FWS)
• National Marine Sanctuaries (NOAA)
• National Ocean Service (NOAA)
• Protected Areas Virtual Library
• Land Use History of North America

Species and Biodiversity

• Conservation Biology Program
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility / GBIF Data Portal
• Center for Biological Informatics
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
• WorldFish Center
• ReefBase
• Biodiversity (Natural History Museum of London)
• Convention on Biological Diverstiy
• Global Biodiversity Sites
• Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
• Biodiversity Conservation Information System
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• World Wildlife Fund
• Biodiversity Information Network
• WWW-Server for Ecological Modelling (University of Kassel)
• NBII Systematics Resources
• Refer to the Libraries subject guide on TAXA for taxonomic listings of animals, plants, microorganisms and fungi.

GIS, Geographic Data, Metadata and Global Change

• Global Change Master Directory
• U.S. Global Change Research Information Program (GCRIO) - includes a Compendium of Global Change Information
• Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Activity
• Master Environmental Library (Department of Defense Environmental Data)
• USGS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• NBII Metadata Clearinghouse Gateway
• National Environmental Data Index provides access to a variety of environmental resources at federal agencies.
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• NOAA Environmental Data
• Coastal Information Directory
• United Nations Environment Programme's Global Resource Information Database - includes UNEP/GRID which provides links to some of the key GIS sites.
• Florida Geographic Data Directory
• Florida Biological Diversity Project (GAP Analysis)
• Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission GIS Data Layers
• Florida Marine Research Institute Spatial databases
• St. John's Water Management District GIS Program
• Suwannee River Water Management District Spatial Databases

Research Metadata on the Web: Selected Geospatial Data and Metadata Directories This is a paper presented by Stephanie C. Haas at the 24th IAMSLIC and the 17th PLC Conference, Reykjavmk, Iceland, 20-25 September 1998. [You will need Acrobat Reader to open this file.]

Chemical Data, Toxicology and Pollution

• Chemical Finder
• EPA Chemical References search page.
• Material Safety Data Sheet Resources (University of California)
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - includes the HazDat Database which provides access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites / emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.
• National Environmental Publications Internet Site
(EPA)
• UWIN - Universities Water Information Network (USGS)
• AIRS - Aerometric Information Retrieval System EPA collection of global air pollution data.
• Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Air Pollution A site maintained by the Wilson-Squier Group, University of California-San Diego.
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Ames Research Center
• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
• Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Ozone and UV radiation topics.