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Newsletters and
Posters
Stellwagen Soundings: News
from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary
This 8 page newsletter is filled with timely
articles about research,education and resource
protection efforts ongoing in the sanctuary.
Additional features highlight interesting
scientific investigations or ecotourism topics.
Free. Published 2-3 times per year.
Seafloor Topography of
Stellwagen Bank
This full color poster provides a computer graphic
image of the complex topography of the seafloor in
Massachusetts Bay and Stellwagen Bank. Produced by
the sanctuary from an image generated by the US
Geological Survey (using computer visualization
software and NOAA bathymetric data). 20"x30".
Books
Stellwagen Bank: A Guide
to the Whales, Sea Birds and Marine Life of the
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Nathalie
Ward/Center for Coastal Studies. 1995. Down East
Books, Camden, ME. 232pp.
This publication was rated a "Hit-of-the-Week"
by the Boston Globe. With more than 200 photos and
illustrations, this spectacular book reveals the
wealth of resources hidden in the waters of the
sanctuary. Essays by resource users and researchers
complement the descriptive text.
A Field Guide to Whales,
Porpoises, and Seals from Cape Cod to Newfoundland.
4th Edition. Steven Katona, Valerie Rough
and David T. Richardson. 1993. Smithsonian
Institution Press, Washington, DC. 316pp.
The variety of species found in the North
Atlantic are detailed in this authoritative text
that combines numerous black and white photos and
line drawings with information about whale
behavior, migration patterns and identifying
features. All of the sanctuary's cetacean species
are covered in this book.
Marine Life of the North
Atlantic: Canada to New England. Andrew J.
Martinez. self published. 1994. ISBN:
0-9640131-0-X. 272pp.
This photo guidebook, specializing in the rich
diversity of invertebrate life in the North
Atlantic, is an ideal tool for scuba divers and
students of marine biology. Seaweeds and some
marine fish are also covered.
- Beneath the North
Atlantic. Jonathan Bird. 1996. Tide-mark
Press, Ltd., East Hartford, CT. 152pp.
This coffee table book is filled with
amazing underwater photography as well as
descriptive text that reveals the wonder of the
North Atlantic to readers. The book is divided
into sections based on biological phyla of the
animal kingdom.
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- Fishes of the Gulf of
Maine. Henry B. Bigelow and William C.
Schroeder. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Volume 53, Fishery Bulletin
74. 1953. U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC. 577pp.
This is the "Bible" of fish guidebooks for the
region, still referenced after all these years.
The text is jam packed with technical
information about fish predator-prey
relationships, migration patterns, life stages,
and habits. Black and white illustrations
accompany the text for each species.
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Videos
From Whaling to Watching:
The Northern Right Whale. 1997. Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary, Gray's Reef National
Marine Sanctuary and Georgia Department of Natural
Resources. 20 minutes, color, VHS.
This video won best of category (non-broadcast)
in the 1998 International Wildlife Film Festival.
The video highlights the biology and behavior of
the North Atlantic population of the northern right
whale, and conservation efforts underway to protect
this critically endangered species. There is a
companion teacher guidebook of the same name by
Anne Smrcina, SBNMS and Sarah Mitchell, GRNMS,
36pp.
Bounty of the Banks.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 1997. 13
minutes, color, VHS.
Designed as a companion piece to an upcoming
curriculum, this video also serves as a standalone
film, focusing on human use of marine resources,
particularly those of the Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary
and elsewhere in the Gulf of Maine and northwest
Atlantic Ocean. The video features Richard Wheeler,
one of Time Magazine's Heroes of the Planet and
star of the NOVA show "The Haunted Cry of a Long
Gone Bird.
CD-Roms
A Guide to the Whales of
the Northwestern Atlantic. Produced by WhaleNet.
1998.
Includes the complete index to humpback whale
flukes in the North Atlantic as well as background
information about species, individual sighting
histories on individual whales, and other related
data. See the WhaleNet home page for ordering
information on this product.
The Food Bank: The Food
Web at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary (to be completed by late 1999).
Produced by the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary. Filled with hundreds of photographs and
dozens of video clips, this product demonstrates
the complicated nature of the food web in these
temperate waters. The latest information on
predator-prey relationships is included.
Web Sites
WhaleNet
(http://whale.wheelock.edu)
From whale fluke identifications to scientific
tagging, this site covers a wide range of topics
primarily related to whales, but also covering
other marine species including endangered sea
turtles and pinnipeds. Sections are specially
designed for students, teachers, and the general
public.
Journey North
(http://www.learner.org/jnorth)
Winner of the 1999 Webby Award (known as the
"Oscars of the Internet") in the Education
Category, this site immerses more than 200,000
students into environmental science as they track
the coming of spring through the migration patterns
of butterflies, birds, and land and marine mammals,
the budding of plants, changing daylight, and other
clues in their local environment. For the past five
years, the Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary has provided
weekly humpback and right whale reports.
Exhibits
Storm Over Stellwagen --
Immersive Theater at the New England
Aquarium.
This state-of-the-art exhibit recently opened to
rave reviews. Audience members can participate in
the flow of the show, answering pop quizzes and
guiding the final outcome based on their management
decisions for the Stellwagen Bank
Sanctuary.
Creatures of the Bank: A
photographic exploration into the biodiversity of
the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary.
Produced by the sanctuary, on loan to the Nantucket
Whaling Museum. Over 60 photos of organisms as
small as bacteria and as large as fin whales
illustrate the range and beauty of species in the
sanctuary. Images were donated by numerous
commercial and amateur underwater
photographers.
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For more information on how to obtain these
resources, please contact:
Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary
175 Edward Foster Road
Scituate, MA 02066
tel: (781) 545-8026
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