| Macaulay_Land_Use_Research_Institute Research on the physical, environmental, and social consequences of land use. Based in Aberdeen, UK. |
| MeadWestvaco_Wildlife_and_Ecosystem_Research_Forest Research on interactions of modern industrial forestry, long term ecological processes, forest sustainability, and biodiversity within the Appalachian landscape. Location: West Virginia (USA). |
| Mid-Atlantic_Region_Ecological_Observatory_(MAREO) A research consortium of field stations and field research sites in the USA. Its objective is to understand ecological phenomena such as changes in land use, biodiversity, climate, invasive species, i |
| Midcontinent_Ecological_Science_Center US government center researching and developing technologies to understand and manage biological systems. Also inventory and monitor to assess biological status and trends. Fort Collins, Colorado. |
| Mountain_Research_Station Research facility devoted to the advancement of study of montane environmental science. The center supports research in biology, geography, and geology. |
| Multiscale_Environmental_Research_Center U.S. EPA Exploratory Environmental Research Center that forms part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. |
| Myvatn_Research_Station A major source of information about research, natural history and conservation of the Lake Myvatn area, Iceland. Complete bibliography. |
| National_Center_for_Ecological_Analysis_and_Synthesis Based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, facilitates collaborative research on major fundamental and applied problems in ecology. |
| Natural_Eco-Laboratory,_Chilika_Lake Chilika Lagoon, situated on east-coast of India, is a hotspot for biodiversity. |
| Natural_Environment_Research_Council UK-based organization whose mission is to promote basic, strategic and applied research, survey, long-term environmental monitoring, and related postgraduate training. |
| Natural_Resource_Ecology_Laboratory An interdisciplinary ecosystem science research center within the College of Natural Resources of Colorado State University (CSU). |
| Niwot_Ridge_Long-Term_Ecological_Research_Program Established to conduct research on long-term ecological phenomena in an array of ecosystems within the United States. Niwot Ridge is the sole alpine tundra site and is located approximately 35 km wes |
| NOAA_Great_Lakes_Environmental_Research_Laboratory The NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)conducts integrated, interdisciplinary environmental research in support of resource management and environmental services in coastal and |
| Open_University_Ecology_and_Conservation_Research_Group_(ECRG) Group is actively researching population dynamics, comparative demographics, and also farming and environmental management. |
| Organization_for_Tropical_Studies,_Costa_Rica Programs for undergraduate and graduate students in tropical biology. Includes an overview of its facilities, information databases, courses, conservation activities, and volunteer opportunities. |
| ORNL_Environmental_Sciences_Division_(ESD) Center for ecological and environmental research, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US) |
| Pan-American_Center_for_Earth_&_Environmental_Studies A multi-disciplinary university research center addressing vital environmental, ecological, and social issues resulting from the proximity of the U.S. and Mexico. |
| Picoflor_Research_Centre,_Tambopata Picaflor Research Centre is a remote field station in the Peruvian rainforest, established to encourage research and promote conservation in an area of outstanding biological interest. |
| PNNL_Ecology_Group The Ecology Group engages in research activities in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We develop integrated ecological resource assessments, restoration and management tools, and ecological researc |
| Prince_William_Sound_Science_Center An independent, non-profit research organization located in Cordova in southeastern Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Science Center was established in 1989 to conduct and facilitate scientific studi |
| Remote_Sensing_and_Ecology_Lab Variety of projects aimed at using remote sensing technologies to understand ecosystem ecology across several scales of time and space. |
| Richard_B__Gump_Moorea_Field_Station UC Berkeley Gump Field Station based in French Polynesia and Moorea. |
| Savannah_River_Ecology_Laboratory Research related to environmental effects from DOE nuclear facilities near Aiken, South Carolina, including radioecology, ecotoxicology, phytoremediation, herpetology, environmental chemistry, and eco |
| Smithsonian_Environmental_Research_Center Ecological research center in Edgewater, Maryland, on the shore of Chesapeake Bay. Uses the geographic features of the largest estuary in the U.S. to investigate interconnections of physical and bioti |
| South_Florida_Information_Access Discusses research by the US Geological Survey's South Florida Ecosystem Program. Includes studies of hydrology, cycling of mercury contamination, coastal wetlands , and other areas of environmental c |
| Southern_Research_Station,_US_Forest_Service conducts research on forest resources and ecosystem and environmental quality in the southern United States. |
| Sustainable_Ecosystems_Institute Research center works to sustain natural communities and the human communities that depend on them using science-based cooperative solutions. |
| Taiga_Biological_Station Abstracts and annual reports from over 20 years of university biology research on various biological aspects of the northern boreal forest at Wallace Lake, Manitoba, Canada. |
| Tall_Timbers_Research_Station Conducts research aimed at providing practical solutions to land management problems, and to provide basic insights into how southern pine forests function as dynamic ecosystems. Site includes the E.V |
| University_of_Florida_Center_for_Natural_Resources The Center was established in 1973 as a multi-disciplinary unit, separate from but affiliated with numerous IFAS departments and research and extension facilities throughout Florida. |
| The_University_of_Oklahoma__Biological_Station A permanent field station for research and study in ecology and field biology. |
| Urban_Ecology_Research_Project Research and education in urban ecology at the University of Washington at Seattle. Data, models, research, projects and courses in urban ecology. |
| Walker_Branch_Watershed_Research_Program The site of long-term, intensive environmental studies since the mid-1960's by staff from Oak Ridge National Laboratory the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, c |
| Wenatchee_Forestry_Sciences_Lab At the forefront of some of the finest ecological research in the nation, this facility and staff offers world-class investigations on forest and rangeland ecosystems. |
| Western_Forest_Fire_Research_Center An interdisciplinary research facility based at Colorado State University covering socioeconomic and ecological aspects of forest fires. |
| Yale_Center_for_Biodiversity_Conservation_and_Science Mission is to advance global research and education in the biodiversity conservation sciences and integrate it into world conservation policies. |
| Yellowstone_Ecological_Research_Center Private, non-profit organization committed to long-term, ecosystem-wide research in the greater Yellowstone area. |
| Afferent Tools for tracking the information associated with combinatorial libraries and parallel medicinal chemistry syntheses. |
| Automatic_Organic_Chemical_Reactions A program based on a mathematical representation of organic synthesis that generates all products of a synthesis on an input of organic compounds. |
| Building_the_Shortest_Synthesis_Route This article, published in CHEMTECH in 1998, is a nice introduction to the field of Computer-Assisted Organic Synthesis. |
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