Good websites:
http://www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
http://www.brookscole.com/oceanography_d/
http://nosb.org/Dev2Go.web?Anchor=idune&rnd=12755
http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/
http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/splash.jxp?org=261
http://oceanusmag.whoi.edu/v43n2/ashjian.html
Good books:
The perfect storm, by Sebastian Junger
Sailing alone around the world, by Joshua Slocum
Blue frontier, by David Helvarg