Here are a couple of ecosystem carnivals worth a visit. Carnival of the Arid #2 is up at Coyote Crossing while Carnival of the Blue #22 (historically, oceans appeared well before deserts) can be found at the inimitable Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets.
Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.
Yeah, but the ocean is a desert with its life underground.