Natural Resources of the Sanctuary

The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary features many diverse biological communities and habitats, including kelp forests, beaches, and one of the deepest underwater canyons in North America. An abundance of life, from tiny plankton to huge blue whales, thrives in these waters.

These links lead to MBNMS publications and web resources that describe the organisms and habitats of the Sanctuary:

• Site Characterization: Summary of Species and Habitats
  
  
• Davidson Seamount
  
  
• Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN)
  
  
• Shelf Characterization & Image Display (SCID)
  
  
• Bibliography
  
  
• Ecosystem Observations
  
  



• Best of Summer 2009 Video
  This is a compilation of video collected in the summer of 2009 within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary aboard the NOAA research vessel Fulmar. Video and still images were collected using The Nature Conservancy's ROV (built and operated by Marine Applied Research (MARe)) and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's towed camera sled.
  (click here if you are having trouble viewing the video)