PHASE I
Executive
Summary - J. Guerrero and R. Kvitek (Editors)
Introduction to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Site Characterization Project
MBNMS Site Characterization Scope, Format and Future
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the National Marine Sanctuary Program
Selected General
Sanctuary Resources
Executive
Summary - E. Burton (Editor)
II. PHYSICAL SETTING OF THE MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
Geology-H.G. Greene
Physical Oceanography-W. W. Broenkow
Climate and Meteorology-W. Nuss
Chemical Oceanography-K. Coale,
D. Colbert, E. Kingsley, H. Zamzow
Water Quality-H. Price
III. BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AND ASSEMBLAGES
River
Mouths, Brackish and Estuarine Coastal Wetlands -J. Oliver and R. Curry
Sandy Beaches-J. Oakden
Coastal Dunes-P. Slattery
Rocky Intertidal Habitats-A. De Vogelaere
Kelp Forest and Rocky Subtidal Habitats-M. Edwards and M.
Foster
Shallow Soft Bottom Habitats-J.
Oliver and R. Kvitek
Deeper Bottom Habitats-J. Nybakken
Cold Seep Communities-J. Barry
Pelagic Zone-M. Silver, J. Connor and G. Cailliet
Marine Mammals-J. Harvey
Seabirds and Shorebirds-D. Ainley
and S. Terrill
Anadromous Fishes of the MBNMS-J.
Nielsen
Archaeological, Cultural, and Historical Resources
Socioeconomic Uses - A. Weinstein
Fisheries
Marine Reserves
Resources Needs - Project Staff
Common
Species
Special Status Species
Exotic Species
Beyond Monterey
Bay and our Splendid Isolation-M. Weber
Coupling Marine and Terrestrial
Processes-R. Curry
Rockfish Recruitment and the Ocean
Environment-S. Ralston
Networked Ocean Science, Research
and Education, Monterey Bay, California-D. Brutzman
An Overview: Roles for the Site
Characterization and You in Managing Resources of the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary-A. De Vogelaere
