Bay Critters Resources

Easy Bib: cite your sources 

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Websites                                                                + Easier to read

American Oyster

• + ​Eastern Oyster (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• American Oyster (University of Rhode Island, Habitat Restoration)
• American Oyster (ACE Basin Species Gallery)
• + ​Oyster (Britannica School)
• American Oysters (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

American Shad

• + American Shad (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• American Shad (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
• American Shad (Delaware River Basin Commission)
• American Shad (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Atlantic Menhaden 

• Menhaden (NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office)
• Atlantic Menhaden (Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission)
• Menhaden Background (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary)
• + ​​Atlantic Menhaden (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Menhaden (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Blue Crab

• + Blue Crab (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Blue Crab (National Geographic)
• Blue Crab (NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office)
• Blue Crab ( GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Grass Shrimp

• + Common Grass Shrimp (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Grass Shrimp (Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy)
• Grass Shrimp (ACE Basin Species Gallery)
• Grass Shrimp (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Great Blue Heron

• Great Blue Heron (National Geographic)
• Great Blue Heron (National Audubon Society)
• Great Blue Heron (NatureWorks, New Hampshire Public Television)
• + Great Blue Heron (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Great Blue Heron (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Osprey

• Osprey (National Geographic)
• Osprey (National Audubon Society)
• Osprey Fact Sheet (NYS Department of Enviornmental Conservation)
• + Osprey (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• + ​Osprey (Britannica School)
• + Osprey (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Phytoplankton

• What are phytoplankton? (NOAA National Ocean Service)
• Phytoplankton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
• What are Phytoplankton (NASA Earth Observatory)
• + Phytoplankton (GALE Science in Context / Search Results) 

Ruddy Duck

• Ruddy Duck (National Audubon Society)
• Ruddy Duck (University of Michigan, BioKIDS)
• Ruddy Duck (Seattle Audubon Society)
• + ​Ruddy Duck (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Ruddy Duck (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Sandbar Shark

• + ​Sandbar Shark (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Sandbar Shark (Florida Museum of National History)
• Sandbar Shark (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
• Sandbar Shark (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Sea Turtles

• Sea Turtles (Defenders of Wildlife)
• Sea Turtle Conservancy
• Sea Turtle (World Wildlife Federation)
• + ​Sea Turtle (Britannica School)
• + Sea Turtles (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)
• Climate Change Means 'Virtually No Male Turtles' Born In A Key Nesting Ground (NPR)

Striped Bass

• + Striped Bass (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Atlantic Striped Bass (Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission)
• Striped Bass (NOAA Chesapeake Bay Commission)
• Striped Bass (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Underwater Grasses

• Underwater Grasses (NOAA Habitat Conservation)
• + Bay Grasses (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (Sea Grant Maryland)
• Underwater Grasses (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

White Perch

• White Perch (University of Michigan BioKIDS)
• + White Perch (Chesapeake Bay Program)
• White Perch (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
• White Perch (GALE Science in Context / Search Results)

Zooplankton

• Zooplankton (National Estuarine Research Reserve)
• Jellyfish & Other Zooplankton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
• Zooplankton (MarineBio Conservation Society)
• + Zooplankton (GALE Science in  Context / Search Results)

Databases

Britannica School

GALE Science in Context

E-books

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

The GALE Encyclopedia of Science

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