HBOI Educational Products

SUBMERSED PLANTS OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON:
A FLORISTIC INVENTORY & FIELD GUIDE - $39.00



This field guide is a comprehensive floristic compendium for those who wish to increase their botanical or ecological knowledge of Florida's remarkable Indian River Lagoon. The book comprises a total of 234 species, richly illustrated with over 565 color photographs, 492 photomicrographs and 305 anatomical line drawings.

The book provides critically needed baseline inventories to resource managers, conservationists and the broad scientific community, and serves as an educational/recreational guide for the interested public, who now have a usable means to accurately identify the organisms that form the basis of the marine food web.

Click here to download the order form (PDF format).


SEA PROFILES CD-ROM SET - $39.95
SEA PROFILES: An interactive journey of ocean exploration.

Oceanographers, submersible pilots, coral reef biologists, marine mammologists-join this league of explorers with Sea Profiles. Let curiosity chart your course through the waters of Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Sargasso Sea. Hundreds of stunning photos, movies, illustrations, and sounds will enrich your journey at every turn! Sea Profiles is an educational program that covers many topics relevant to our understanding of ocean ecosystems worldwide, while highlighting HBOI's advancements in marine research and technology. Sea Profiles will captivate and challenge the ocean explorer in you!

For purchase information and Academic Pricing contact spsupport@hboi.edu.


AQUACULTURE INTERACTIVE CD-ROM - $49.95
Aquaculture Interactive is the ultimate desktop resource for anyone interested in learning about the emerging significance of sustainable, environmentally responsible aquaculture for our future. The CD-ROM contains seven comprehensive units:

1. - History of Aquaculture; 2. - Water Quality; 3. - Culture Systems;
4. - Aeration, Filtration, and Disinfection; 5. - Nutrition; 6. - Aquatic Health;
7. - Environmental Issues


The program presents over 1,100 screens of interactive content, including full-motion video, audio, animations, illustrations, and industry photographs from around the world. It features a variety of innovative navigational features and helpful resources, including an exhaustive interactive glossary.

You can also visit www.aquaculture-online.org/ai for more info. and product demos online!

For purchase information and Academic Pricing contact aisupport@hboi.edu.


LIVING LAGOON CD-ROM
Developed by the Media Lab at HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institution in partnership with the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, Living Lagoon is a dual platform (Macintosh/Windows) CD-ROM exploring the ecology, human history and current environmental threats faced by Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL). This entertaining and educational CD-ROM contains animations, sounds, videos and interactive quizes. The IRL is the most biologically diverse estuary in North America, and has been designated as an "Estuary of National Significance". With this program you will experience an "electronic field trip" to the Indian River Lagoon.

This item is out of print.


CAREERS IN MARINE SCIENCE: A DIVERSITY OF OPPORTUNITIES (VIDEO) - $12.95
The video "Careers in Marine Science: A Diversity of Opportunities" is designed to introduce high school students and college undergraduates to the range of career options available in marine sciences. The video also provides information about the education preparation needed for work in this field. Videotaped at a number of marine laboratories around the United States, "Careers in marine Science" describes how students at various stages in their education can participate in programs conducted by these labs. Comments from a cross-section of students and laboratory research personnel offer helpful insights to students interested in pursuing careers in this diverse field.

Recommended for science and guidance departments in high schools, colleges and universities, as well as for marine lab libraries and education centers.

Produced by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., for the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML). Running time approximately 12 minutes.

To receive a copy of the video and a listing of all NAML laboratories, please send $12.95 to:

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc.
Johnson Education Center
Attn. Audio-Visual Department
5600 U.S. 1 North
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946

Be sure to include your complete mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address with your order. Price includes postage, handling and taxes.


THE CONCH'S LIFE STORY (VIDEO) - $10.00
The Harbor Branch ACTED Program has just released a video entitled "The Conch's Life Story." This five minute video highlights reproductive biology, larval development, and juvenile stage development of cultured queen conch, and features superb videomicroscopy shot by award-winning HBOI videographer Brian Cousin. Production of the video was made possible by the support of HBOI and the Keys Marine Conservancy.

Please contact ACTED Director Dr. Megan Davis to place orders.


Please Visit our Educational Websites

@Sea - exploring the ocean frontier - http://www.at-sea.org

Bioluminescence - http://www.biolum.org

Aquaculture Education - http://www.aquaculture-online.org

Center of Excellence in Biomedical & Marine Biotechnology - http://www.floridabiotech.org

Marine Biotechnology (coming soon) - http://www.marinebiotech.org

Indian River Lagoon - http://www.indianriverlagoon.org