SIMoN
  Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network

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Figure 1. Several times a year, the new or full moon coincides closely in time with the perigee of the moon – the point when the moon is closest to the Earth. These occurrences are called 'perigean spring tides,’ and sometime create the conditions known as “king tides,” the highest tides of the year. Figure credit: NOS/NOAA.
2012 California King Tides
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Pacific leatherback sea turtle is the official CA marine reptile
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A Japanese dock washed ashore an Oregon beach on 6/6/12 (Photo: AP)
Japan Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) – Updated October 2012
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Central California Marine Life Featured in New iPhone, iPad App
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Overview

SIMoN is an integrated, long-term program that takes an ecosystem approach to identify and understand changes within sanctuaries managed by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. [Learn more]

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Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary

-Established in 1992
-Covers 6,094 square miles
-276 miles of shoreline
-Deepest point is 10,663 feet
Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary
Davidson Seamount
Gulf of the Farallones
National Marine Sanctuary

-Established in 1981
-Covers 1,279 square miles
-102 miles of shoreline
-Deepest point is 7,800 feet
Cordell Bank
National Marine Sanctuary

-Designated in 1989
-Covers 529 square miles
-Deepest point is 6955 feet
Monterey Bay Gulf of the Farallones Cordell Bank
Move your mouse over the Sanctuary name and click to learn about their monitoring of habitats and organisms.

SPECIES DATABASE

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Eisenia arborea
There are currently 142 species in the
SIMoN Species Database.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT

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Potential Impacts of the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) Cable on the Seabed and Benthic Faunal Assemblages
135 monitoring projects are published in the
SIMoN Project Database.

PHOTO LIBRARY

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Grampus griseus
4265 images as of February, 2013 in the
SIMoN Photo Library.
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