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  2. Swami's State Marine Conservation Area - Wikipedia

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    Swami’s SMCA contains a concentration of rocky reef, kelp forest/surf grass habitat, and local marine species. With large stretches of sand with little or no reef immediately to the North and South, marine species aggregate to the rocky reefs and kelp beds of the Swami's SMCA. California Spiny Lobster are plentiful throughout the entire MPA.

  3. Kelp forest - Wikipedia

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    The region with the greatest diversity of kelps (>20 species) is the northeastern Pacific, from north of San Francisco, California, to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Although kelp forests are unknown in tropical surface waters, a few species of Laminaria have been known to occur exclusively in tropical deep waters.

  4. Pterygophora californica - Wikipedia

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    Pterygophora californica is a large species of kelp, commonly known as stalked kelp. It is the only species in its genus Pterygophora (Ruprecht, 1852). [2] It grows in shallow water on the Pacific coast of North America where it forms part of a biodiverse community in a "kelp forest". It is sometimes also referred to as woody-stemmed kelp ...

  5. List of marine protected areas of California - Wikipedia

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    The list is ordered north to south with some imprecision around the San Francisco Bay and Channel Islands locations. Pyramid Point State Marine Conservation Area , Del Norte County Point St. George Reef Offshore State Marine Conservation Area , Del Norte County

  6. Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area

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    The natural environment and ocean resources of the Monterey Peninsula draw millions of visitors from around the world each year, including more than 65,000 scuba divers drawn by the area’s easy access, variety of wildlife, and kelp forests. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a tourist attraction featuring a 28-foot (8.5 m) living kelp forest. The ...

  7. List of marine ecoregions - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of marine ecoregions, as defined by the WWF and The Nature Conservancy. The WWF/Nature Conservancy scheme groups the individual ecoregions into 12 marine realms, which represent the broad latitudinal divisions of polar, temperate, and tropical seas, with subdivisions based on ocean basins.

  8. Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area - Wikipedia

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    Carmel Bay is a tourism and ocean recreation destination. Divers and kayakers are attracted to its unique pinnacle formations, granite reefs and kelp forests. Carmel-By-The-Sea also features an iconic white sand beach. In nearby Monterey, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is a major tourist attraction featuring a 28-foot (8.5 m) living kelp forest. The ...

  9. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    The Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach is the largest commercial harbor on the west coast with over 6,500 vessels stopping each year. Much of that traffic passes the Santa Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary on its way to ports around the Pacific Rim. These vessels are large, with some being over 1,000 feet long ...

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