American Cetacean Society Monterey Bay Chapter
Other Web Sites of Interest
Educational Institutions in the Monterey Bay Area
California State University, Monterey Bay
Hopkins Marine Station
Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
University of California, Santa Cruz
Other Web Sites in the Monterey Bay Area
Ano Nuevo State Reserve (Elephant Seals)
Bay Net (Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Volunteer Network)
Center for Marine Conservation (See
Ocean Conservancy
)
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Friends of the Sea Otter
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Monterey Peninsula Museums
Ocean Conservancy
Pacific Cetacean Group
Point Lobos State Reserve
Whales of Randy Puckett
Additional Web Sites
MARINE MAMMALS
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Selected References on Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
The Marine Mammal Center
Marine Mammal Protection Act (with full text)
Marine Mammal Resource List
MARMAM Marine Mammals Research and Conservation Discussion
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources
Protected Marine Species Research and Information
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network
CETACEANS
1996 International Whaling Commission Meeting (Report from Cetacean Society International)
American Cetacean Society National Headquarters
Center for Whale Research
Cetacean Behavior Laboratory
Cetacean Bibliography
Cetacean Society International
Cetacean Videography
International Center for Bioacoustics (Pavia, Italy)
Intersea Foundation
Ocean Alliance
Oceania Project, Byron Bay, Australia
Whale Center of New England
Whale Conservation Institute (See
Ocean Alliance
)
Whale Museum (Friday Harbor, WA)
WhaleNet
Whale-Watching-Web (Helsinki, Finland)
Beluga Whales
Aerial surveys of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet June 2001-June 2002
(NOAA, pdf file)
ACS Beluga Whale Fact Sheet
Beluga Whale Animal Byte from SeaWorld
Cook Inlet Beluga Whales (from NMFS)
Blue Whales
ACS Blue Whale Fact Sheet
Blue whale photos by Mike Johnson
Bottlenose Dolphins
ACS Bottlenose Dolphin Fact Sheet
Bottlenose Dolphin Animal Byte from Sea World
Bottlenose Dolphin Photoidentification Studies
Cetacean Behavior Laboratory Publications about Bottlenose Dolphins
Cetacean Releases -- Echo and Misha
Dolphin Chronicles
by Carol J. Howard
Bowhead Whales
ACS Bowhead Whale Fact Sheet
Conservation Strategy for Bowhead Whales in the Eastern Canadian Arctic (pdf file)
Common Dolphins
ACS Common Dolphin Fact Sheet
Common Dolphin photograph from Cetacean Behavior Laboratory
Common Dolphins in Monterey Bay
Dall's Porpoises
ACS Dall's Porpoise Fact Sheet
Description of Dall's porpoise (in Animals of B.C.)
Dwarf Minke Whales -- See
Minke Whales
Gray Whales
ACS Gray Whale Fact Sheet
California Gray Whale Tutorial
Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation Grey Whale Photoidentification
Discovering Whales - the Gray Whale
Gray Whale Census (2001-2002)
Humpback Whales
ACS Humpback Whale Fact Sheet
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Humpback whale photos by Cynthia D'Vincent
Humpback Whales (National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources)
Killer Whales
ACS Killer Whale Fact Sheet
Monterey Bay Whale Watch Photo Gallery - Wild Killer Whales in Monterey Bay
National Geographic Feature: Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
British Columbia Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program
Puget Sound Resident Killer Whales Visited Monterey Bay on Jan 29, 2000!
Minke Whales
ACS Minke Whale Fact Sheet
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web - The Minke Whale
Minke Whale - Wikipedia
If It Sounds Like Star Wars, It Must Be Minke Whales
Right Whales
ACS Right Whale Fact Sheet
Discovering Whales - the Right Whale
The Northern Pacific Right Whale
(by Jim Scarff)
Spinner Dolphins
ACS Spinner Dolphin Fact Sheet
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins
, with videos
PINNIPEDS
Seal Conservation Society Pinniped Species Information Page
Elephant Seals
Año Nuevo State Reserve and Northern Elephant Seal Behavior (with photo by Frank Balthis)
Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo (including photos and recorded sounds)
Northern Elephant Seal description (from the Marine Mammal Center)
Elephant Seal Photo by Suzi Eszterhas
Harbor Seals
Harbor Seal Animal Byte from Sea World
Harbor Seal description from the Marine Mammal Center
Harbor Seal species information and photo from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Pacific Harbor Seal Photo by Suzi Eszterhas
Richmond Bridge Harbor Seal Survey
Harp Seals
Harp Seal Factsheet (from the International Marine Mammal Association)
Harp seals and Atlantic Cod: Notes for a presentation to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, House of Commons, Ottawa.
Hawaiian Monk Seals
Hawaiian Monk Seal description from NMFS
NOAA releases rare Hawaiian Monk Seal back to the wild following successful surgery to remove fish hook (July 2004)
Hooded Seals
Hooded Seal Factsheet (from the International Marine Mammal Association)
Hooded Seal (from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center)
Satellite Tagging Observation Map, Track of Hooded Seal, "Jersey"
Northern Fur Seals
Northern Fur Seal description (from the Marine Mammal Center)
Northern Fur Seal Population Assessments at San Miguel Island, 2001
Northern Fur Seal in "Jug Handle" position, photo by Nancy Black
California Sea Lions
California Sea Lion (from the Marine Mammal Center)
California Sea Lion Animal Byte from Sea World
Federal Resource Agency Says Growing West Coast Seal, Sea Lion Populations Increasingly in Conflict with Humans, Salmon: NOAA Fisheries Responds to Congressional Request for Report (2/11/99)
OTHER MARINE MAMMALS
Manatees
Manatee Animal Byte from Sea World
Save the Manatee Club, with manatee photos
Sea Cows
Steller's Sea Cow
Legged Sea Cow Fossil Found in Jamaica (October 2001)
Sea Otters
Friends of the Sea Otter
Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and Conservation Program
Oregon Coast Aquarium sea otter exhibit
LEATHERBACK TURTLES
Leatherback Turtle photo by Nancy Black
Saving the Leatherback Turtle Expedition Briefing
from Earthwatch (pdf file)
TUNA
Tuna Research & Conservation Center
WHALE SHARKS
Whale Shark Photo-identification Library
Encarta Encyclopedia article on Whale Sharks
Whale Shark article with photos, from Boattalk
OCEAN ACOUSTICS
Interdisciplinary Center for Bioacoustics (Pavia, Italy)
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON MONTEREY BAY
Sanctuary Currents Research Symposium
in Santa Cruz, March 2000.
U.S. West Coast Waters Warming - Even without El Niño
ANIMAL SOCIAL COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION
Long Marine Laboratory Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
The effects of ocean noise pollution on marine life depend on what sounds they can hear.
Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals
(pdf file)
ACOUSTIC THERMOMETRY OF OCEAN CLIMATE (ATOC)
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Effects of the California ATOC Experiment on Marine Mammals
UPWELLING
Ocean Upwelling -- So cold, so rich with life
(California Coast & Ocean)
Wind, Upwelling and Oceanographic Seasons
(Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary)
EFFECTS OF EL NIÑO IN MONTEREY BAY
Humpback Whales, Dolphins, Sea Lions, and Sea Birds in Multi-Species Feeding Aggregations in Monterey Bay
THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS AND EL NINO
Galapagos Disaster (New Scientist story, Jan. 25, 2001)
Charles Darwin Research Station (Galapagos, including a report on El Niņo)
El Niņo Resource Center (Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies Library)
SVALBARD
Factbook information about Svalbard
Information about Svalbard from Intelemart
Map of the Arctic
WHALING IN MONTEREY
Whaling Activities at Point Lobos
Whaling
from
Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book
by Peter J. Bryant
Whaling
from the
California Gray Whale Tutorial
FISHERIES BYCATCH
Monitoring Marine Mammal and Seabird Bycatch in the Monterey Area Set Gillnet Fishery
by Karin A. Forney.
Bycatch: Fish and Animals Caught and Wasted
from Monterey Bay Aquarium
Reducing Bycatch
from NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology
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