Shell collecting in Abaco
 | Planning to do some shelling in Abaco ? First take a look at
Abaco's
Community Message Board. If this is your first trip, click "New to Abaco" on the board, and be sure to check out the yellow sidebars on the
left side of the page. Lots of information on boating, fishing, diving,
rentals, etc. |
| Click here for a
webcam that
shows an up-to-date view of the Atlantic ocean, as seen from a house at
White Sound on Elbow Cay, Abaco. Gives a good idea of current weather
conditions. |
| This site gives detailed information on
Abaco's weather, including
average monthly air and water temperatures. |
| Click
here
for current weather conditions at Cooper's Town, Abaco, which is about 15
miles northwest of Treasure Cay. Also includes a five-day forecast. |
| If you plan to do any boating and/or shell collecting
in Abaco, you should definitely have the latest issue of the Cruising
Guide to Abaco, Bahamas. It includes charts, tide tables, locations of
prime snorkeling and scuba sites, and much more. It can be ordered from
White Sound Press.
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Molluscan
images
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The website of
the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
has excellent images of shells from southwest Florida, as well as an index
of the contents of every volume of the Nautilus, from Volume 1 to the
present. |
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The
Jacksonville Shell Club website
has more than 2000 pages of information, including many images of western
Atlantic species. |
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Additional
images can be found at the
Femorale website. |
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Links to online
images of chitons, including several that occur in the Bahamas, can be
found at
Worldwide Chitons. |
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Some of the
marginellid and opisthobranch species described by Espinosa and Ortea in
1999 and 2000 are figured on the
INBio website. Some are figured on this introductory page, and others
can be accessed by clicking on Lista de Especies at the bottom of the
page. |
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The
Sea Slug Forum,
organized by Dr. Bill Rudman at the Australian Museum, is an invaluable
source of information on opisthobranchs. Photos of species from around the
world are added and discussed every weekday. Use the Forum's search button
to access information on species from the west Atlantic, Caribbean,
Bahamas, etc. |
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To check out
available online images of opisthobranchs from around the world -
(including some that occur in the Bahamas) - see
Erwin Koehler's
website. |
Research tools
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Gary Rosenberg's
Malacolog database is a unique
resource for researching the systematics and biogeography of Western
Atlantic mollusks. |
Useful lists
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Many marine
molluscan species described in the years 1993 to 2000 have been listed by
Vita Marina. |
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The
Bemon
site lists the origin of many molluscan names that are based on
individuals past and present. |
Books and
periodicals
Equipment
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A website
dedicated to a collecting project in the British Virgin Islands includes
useful details on
equipment
and techniques. If you're in the market for plankton nets and dredges,
try Wildco. |
General
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This gallery at
Art.com
has a selection of framed or unframed prints and posters of marine life.
And the Malacology
in Art website has an interesting selection of images that download
nicely for wallpaper. |
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There are many
good lists of shell-related links on the web, including
this one created by Peter Egerton. |
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