We have chosen to highlight here only a few of the principal marine ecosystem related links that have particular relevance to the IUCN Global Marine Programme. There are many other websites operated by other organisations that can claim rightly to represent more comprehensive listings than that presented here. We hope, nevertheless, that you find this abbreviated and categorized list useful in tracking down organisations and networks that may be of direct benefit to you.

This list of hotlinks is categorized along lines of special interest to IUCN as follows:

• Arctic and Antarctic Oceans
• Coastal Zone
• Coral Reefs
• Ecosystems Approaches
• Fisheries
• High Seas
• Institutions
• Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs)
• LME Project Sites
• Law and Policy
• Marine Biodiversity
• Marine Protected Area (MPA) Sites
• Oceanography and Global Change
• Other Lists of Links