Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
2009 Condition Report

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Additional Resources

Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California - Davis 

California Department of Fish and Game: Marine Region

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay Sanctuary Joint Management Plan Review

Ecotrust Web site, Joint management plan review 

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

Marine Protected Areas of the United States

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Park Service: Point Reyes National Seashore

NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

NOAA's NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment

NOAA's NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Web site, A biogeographic assessment off North/Central California

NOAA's Ocean Explorer

Oiled Wildlife Care Network 

PRBO Conservation Science 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

Seafloor Mapping Laboratory at California State University Monterey Bay 

Seafloor Mapping Laboratory at California State University Monterey Bay, data library 

U.S. Geological Survey