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Database of Plants, Animals and Habitats

Internet Resources Page

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Onondaga Lake Internet Resources: - This links page has been created for use by the Onondaga Lake Project members to assist in their research Updated: March 16, 1998

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Plant Resources

- purple loosestripe.
• Good close up photo of the bright purple blossoms.
  http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/defs/independent/chas/purpstrife.html
• Good photo of whole plant plus info that is very readable for 7-8 students. Caution: it says no biological methods of control known but...
  http://www.eosc.osshe.edu/bmnri/weed_loosestrife.html
• News from Fish & Wildlife today: beetles have been used to control purple loosestrife.
  http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_and_wildlife/publications/fwtoday/fwtfall97/ beetle.html

Animal Resouces:

• See detail species record under deer and bank swallow.
• There is a wonderful picture of a flock of common goldeneye ducks taking flight off a lake. Check it out-
  http://www.calwaterfowl.org/programs/art/goldeneye/full/goldeneye.jpg

Sounds:

• http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/ (go to Sounds of the Week and Birds of the Week) (The best of the sites)
• http://155.187.10.12/sounds/
• ***NOT WORKING*** ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sounds/sun-sounds/birds/other_bird.au
• http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/multimed/sounds/birds/
• http://www.willowtree.com/~lsrnature/

Geological/History Resources:

• Western New York- http://www.westernny.com/geology.html
• Glacier Info. (Vermont) - http://mole.uvm.edu/whale/GlaciersGlacialAges.html
• Glaciers (photos) - http://www.ocm.cnyric.org/history/liverpl/liverel/vander/histo/histo.htm
• The book Roadside Geology for New York State has been highly recommended as a resource.

General Resources:

• ***NOT WORKING*** State Health Report - http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.go/HAC/PHA/onondaga/ono_toc.html
• Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/
• Onondaga Audobon Society - http://eelink.umich.edu/GAIN/CA.dir/html.dir/entry.308.html

Examples of technology possibilities:

• Life cycle of the HIV virus (good) - http://www.roche-hiv.com/lifecycle/index.html
• Frontiers (good) - http://www.npr.org/programs/RE/fits/index.html
• ChaosWorld - Promo for Game - http://www.dreamworksgames.com/Games/chaosisland/chaos/
• Spooky and the Bandit! (so-so) - http://www.spookyandthebandit.com/
• Oddworld - Interactive Game - http://www.gtgames.com/games/oddworld/minisite/intro.html
• Tiger World (click on the picture) - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/nichols/