Below are a few of the larger institutes and areas which have more extensive activities documented on the WWW . Scripps Insitiute of Oceanography is at the University of California, San Diego. This large institute has several hundred research programs covering virtually every area of the marine sciences. The institute also features an extensive aquarium-museum complex. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole Massachusetts, is a large independently run marine science facility.
Major studies take place in physical oceanography, and marine biology.
The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa includes several marine institutes, the Hawaii Sea Grant Program, the Waikiki Aquarium, and oceanography and ocean engineering departments. The Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo has 16 research divisions and maintains the Otsuchi Marine Research Center. The activities of about 8000 researchers and students include all aspects of marine science. Information Pathways Sources for this report, and a lot more information about marine science institutes can be found by the following pathways. By viewing the WWW , Virtual Library, Subject Catalog group entitled Oceanography .