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Central Coast Marine Life Photos
Click each image below to view the full-size image. All images provided by John Ugoretz, California Department of Fish and Game.
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| Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: Cabezon (Scorpaenicthys marmoratus) |
Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: Cabezon egg mass surrounded by California hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus) and stawberry anemones(Corynactis californica) |
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| Location: Pacific Grove Marine Gardens SMCA Date: November 2005 Description: Juvenile canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) |
Location: "Deep Reef" - Lovers point SMR Date: April 2006 Description: Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) with Metridium anemones (Metridium giganteum) and orange cup corals (Balanophyllia elegans) at Deep Reef, offshore Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. |
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| Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: A small crab hides within a purple California hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus) |
Location: "Deep Reef" - Lovers point SMR Date: April 2006 Description: Giant Metridium anemones (Metridium giganteum) at Deep Reef offshore Hopkins Marine Station |
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| Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) |
Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: Purple and orange California hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus) abound at the Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve in Carmel Bay |
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| Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: Giant Metridium (Metridium giganteum) surrounded by strawberry anemones (Corynactis californica) at the Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve in Carmel Bay |
Location: Carmel Pinnacles SMR Date: November 2005 Description: White lined Dirona nudibranch (Dirona albolineata) puts most snails to shame |
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| Location: Pacific Grove Marine Gardens SMCA Date: November 2005 Description: A wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) hides in the Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area |
Additional Photos: MPA research and monitoring photos, taken by the Collaborative Fisheries Research Program team, are available at www.slosea.org/collaborative/docs.php.