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MONTEREY BAY SANCTUARY: SEABIRDS & SHOREBIRDS
MAPS AND GRAPHS
Common murre This page provides maps and graphs of data collected on seabirds and shorebirds in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
 
Major Marine Bird Breeding Colonies
bird map This map shows the location of the major marine bird breeding colonies on the central California coast.

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Marine Bird Biomass During Periods of Warm, Cold, and Normal Water
rocky shores These maps show the biomass of marine birds during periods of cold, warm, and neutral ocean temperature during the years between 1980 - 2001. These data were provided by the California Biogeographic Assessment prepared for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Management Plan.

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Seasonal Marine Bird Biomass
rocky shores These maps show the biomass of marine birds during three oceanic seasons (March 15 - August 14, August 15 - November 14, and November 15 - March 14). These data were provided by the California Biogeographic Assessment prepared for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Management Plan.

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Seasonal Species Density
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Western and Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorous occidentalis, A. clarkii)

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus occidentalis)

Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)

Ashy Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa)

Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)

Black, Surf, and White-winged Scoter (Melanitta nigra, M. perspicillata, M. fusca)

Black-legged Kitiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Common Murre (Uria aalge)

Rhinocerus Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
 
Beach COMBER Data Summaries
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Species Composition of Oiled Seabirds in 1997-1998

Seabird Deposition in 2001

Monthly Brown Pelican Deposition in 2001 (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Monthly Common Murre Deposition in 2001 (Uria aalge)

Monthly Western and Clark's Grebe Deposition in 2001 (Aechmophorous occidentalis, A. clarkii)

Monthly Brandt's Cormorant Deposition in 2001 (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
 
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