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The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) inhabits the waters of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and is a key species to engage trinational conservation attention and action....
Bahía Magdalena is situated midway along the Pacific Baja California Sur coastline. This large bay is the largest wetland ecosystem on the west coast of Baja California. It is more than 50...
The bays of San Quintín, El Rosario and the surrounding area are a mixture of sand dunes, rocky points, beaches and wetlands and incorporate both coastal lagoons and shallow, open bays. Located...
This coastal area from central Oregon to Cape Mendocino includes high-energy open coast, headlands, submarine canyons (Astoria and Rogue Rivers), the offshore Heceta Bank, rocky intertidal regions...
The waters surrounding the Canadian Gulf Islands and the US San Juan Islands are locally and traditionally referred to as the Salish Sea. Despite the demarcation of national territories, British...
The Montereyan Pacific Transition Region, which stretches along the central California coast from Point Conception to Cape Mendocino (USA), has moderately high productivity associated with the...
The Middle American Pacific Ecoregion—largely free of the southernmost winter influence of the California Current and therefore described as a year-round tropical sea—supports important fisheries...
The Mexican Pacific Transition is a fairly complex region, with a narrow shelf that drops off steeply to great ocean depths close to the coast. It is incised by several canyons and the...
The Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez or Mar de Cortés) is a semi-enclosed sea known for its exceptionally high levels of biodiversity and rates of primary productivity due to a...
The Northern Gulf of Mexico Region contains over 60 percent of the tidal marshes of the United States, freshwater inputs from thirty-seven major rivers, numerous nursery habitats for fish, the...
