Resources

The links provided here are to expand upon or otherwise supplement the main topics discussed in Life Traces of the Georgia Coast, which are: the Georgia coast; ichnology; science education; and paleontology. I have attempted to include sites that mostly educate and inform, while avoiding sites with overtly commercial purposes.

Georgia Coast

Further information about the ecology, geology, and natural history of the Georgia barrier islands.

Cumberland Island National Seashore (National Park Service)

Fieldtrip: A Wildlife Field Trip to the Coast (by Richard J. Lenz)

Georgia’s Barrier Islands (Georgia Department of Natural Resources)

Lower Coastal Plain and Barrier Islands (The New Georgia Encyclopedia)

Ossabaw Island (Ossabaw Island Foundation)

Paleontology of the Coastal Plain Province (The New Georgia Encyclopedia)

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (NOAA and Georgia DNR)

Sea Turtles: Georgia’s Coastal Treasures (by Michelle Stripling)

Secret Seashore (Georgia Public Television)

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography University of Georgia Marine Institute

St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Conservation Program (by Gale Bishop)

The Flora and Fauna of the Barrier Islands (by Tricia Gallup)

The Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island

The Least Tern: The Barrier Islands’ Canary in a Mine Shaft (by Leara Rhodes)

The Natural History of the Georgia Barrier Islands (by Taylor Schoettle)

University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island

Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge (Fish & Wildlife Service)

Ichnology

Further information about the study of traces, including both modern traces (neoichnology) and trace fossils (paleoeichnology). This list is divided into sites intended for general audiences (General) or more specialized (Academic) readers.