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ACCESS Cruises (PRBO & NOAA)
Rockfish Cruises (NOAA & PRBO)
CalCOFI Cruises (SIO & NOAA)
Cordell Bank Oceanographic Monitoring Program
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Select a SpeciesAmerican CootAncient MurreletArctic Loon Arctic TernAshy Storm-PetrelBlack ScoterBlack Storm-Petrel Black-footed AlbatrossBlack-legged KittiwakeBlack-vented Shearwater Bonaparte's GullBrandt's CormorantBrewer's Sparrow Brown BoobyBrown PelicanBuller's ShearwaterCalifornia Gull Caspian TernCassin's AukletClark's GrebeCommon Loon Common MurreCommon TernCook's PetrelCraveri's Murrelet Double-crested CormorantEared GrebeElegant Tern Flesh-footed ShearwaterFork-tailed Storm-PetrelForster's Tern Franklin's GullGlaucous GullGlaucous-winged Gull Heermann's GullHerring GullHorned PuffinLaughing Gull Laysan AlbatrossLeach's Storm-PetrelLeast Storm-Petrel Least TernLong-tailed JaegerMarbled MurreletMew Gull Mottled PetrelMourning DoveMurphy's PetrelMurrelet sp. Northern FulmarPacific LoonParakeet AukletParasitic Jaeger Parkinson's PetrelPelagic CormorantPeregrine Falcon Petrel sp.Pigeon GuillemotPink-footed Shearwater Pomarine JaegerPomarine/Parasitic JaegerRed Phalarope Red-billed TropicbirdRed-necked PhalaropeRed-tailed Tropicbird Red-throated LoonRhinoceros AukletRing-billed Gull Royal TernRuddy DuckSabine's GullShearwater sp. Snow GooseSooty ShearwaterSouth Polar Skua Stejneger's PetrelStreaked ShearwaterSurf ScoterTern sp. Thayer's GullTufted PuffinUnid. Alcid Unid. Auklet Unid. BirdUnid. CormorantUnid. Dark ShearwaterUnid. Duck Unid. GrebeUnid. GullUnid. Large AlcidUnid. Loon Unid. Red-necked/Red PhalaropeUnid. ShorebirdUnid. Storm-Petrel Unid. TropicbirdWedge-rumped Storm-PetrelWedge-tailed Shearwater Western GrebeWestern GullWilson's Storm-Petrel Xantus's MurreletXantus's/Craveri's MurreletBaird's Beaked Whale Blue WhaleBottlenose DolphinCalifornia Sea Lion Common Dolphin (sp.)Cuviers Beaked WhaleDall's Porpoise False Killer WhaleFin WhaleGray WhaleGuadalupe Fur-Seal Harbor PorpoiseHarbor SealHumpback WhaleKiller Whale Minke WhaleNorthern Elephant SealNorthern Fur Seal Northern Right Whale DolphinPacific White-sided DolphinPygmy Sperm Whale Risso's DolphinSea OtterSei WhaleShort-finned Pilot Whale Sperm WhaleSteller Sea LionStriped Dolphin Unid. Baleen WhaleUnid. Beaked WhaleUnid. Cetacean Unid. DolphinUnid. Large WhaleUnid. Marine Mammal Unid. Otariid Unid. Pinniped Unid. Porpoise Unid. Sea LionUnid. SealUnid. WhaleAurelia (moon) Jelly Blue SharkChrysaurora JellyFrontal ZoneGreen Sea Turtle Hammerhead SharkHawksbill Sea TurtleKelpLeatherback Turtle Mola MolaOther SharkPhacellophora (egg yolk)Jelly Ridley Sea TurtleSalmon SharkShortfin Mako Shark Thresher SharkUnid. Sea Turtle Choose a date range (default is year-round)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Mapping Tool

The Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies (ACCESS) is an ongoing collaboration between PRBO Conservation Science, Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries. PRBO Conservation Science, Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary staff needs to be credited in any works in which the ACCESS data are used. If you are interested in using the data in a publication, please contact Jaime Jahncke at jjahncke@pointblue.org. For additional data requests or to develop a research collaboration with the ACCESS Partnership contact Jaime Jahncke at jjahncke@pointblue.org.

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose a data source and the time period you are interested in, then choose a species. The map will redraw, indicating locations where the selected species was found. You can click on a point to get more information about it, or click within the polygons to get density estimates within the shaded National Marine Sanctuary boundaries.