Discover one of Californias few remaining wetlands. 
In these beautifully illustrated pages, youll explore a narrow, winding waterway edged with marshy and muddy ground where plants and wildlife find a rich home. Birds, fishes and others gather here in numbers matched by few other habitats. People, too, are drawn to Elkhorn Slough (pronounced slew), where mists rise off the tide flats as the sun peeks over coastal hills, and the sound of wind through beating wings is punctuated by a curlews call. Monterey Bay Aquariums Natural History Series brings you closer to the living marine and coastal communities of the nations largest marine sanctuary, where youll come face to face with some of the more interesting residents. Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Press, these books will stimulate your curiosity and understanding of the natural world.

Elkhorn Slough (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

History

Campbell, Eileen

Silberstein, Mark

Americas

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Golden kelp forests shelter a rich community of living creatures. 
In these beautifully illustrated pages, youll discover underwater forests that nourish and protect sea life in every nook and cranny, from swaying canopies to hideouts in the holdfasts. As giant kelp stretches upward, it spreads its canopy of golden blades across the waters surface. Shafts of sunlight penetrate this spots to highlight bright sea stars in the red seaweeds. And rainbow-colored snails crawl up the kelp, while fishes hang motionless in this undersea jungle. Monterey Bay Aquariums Natural History Series brings you closer to the living marine and coastal communities of the nations largest marine sanctuary, where youll come face to face with some of the more interesting residents. Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Press, these books will stimulate your curiosity and understanding of the natural world. from chapter 1: "Scramble along the rocky shore at low tide and crouch down in a respectful bow to slippery rocks and seaweeds. Reach out and touch the tangle of nearshore kelps: tough cabbage heads, slick leathery neckties and feathery boas. Out beyond the pounding surf, you can see the canopies of the elegant deep water kelps. Isolated floats of bull kelp bob in the surge like the heads of swimming otters. Stretching upward from the deeper rocks, a snarl of giant kelp spreads fronds across the waters surface."

Kelp Forests (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Science & Math

Baxter, Charles

Connor, Judith

Biological Sciences

Published by Monterey Bay Aquarium, distributed by The Sewall Co., 1695 Oak Street, Lakewood NJ 08701. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Coast (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Ferguson, Ava

Cailliet, Gregor

Describes the sea otter's life from birth to adulthood, and discusses their food gathering, use of tools, social bonds, mating habits, and parenting styles

Sea Otters (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Riedman, Marianne

Journey along the coast with migrating gray whales. 
Gray whales were once hunted nearly to extinction. Now, more than 21,000 swim along the Pacific Coast on their annual migration from the Bering Sea to Baja California and back. In these richly illustrated pages, youll travel along the gray whales journey from warm breeding lagoons to icy feeding grounds. Youll read the latest findings about how grays feed, play, mate, communicate and navigate on these heroic journeys, and learn about the dangers that grays face along the way. Monterey Bay Aquariums Natural History Series brings you closer to the living marine and coastal communities of the nations largest marine sanctuary, where youll come face to face with some of the more interesting residents. Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Press, these books will stimulate your curiosity and understanding of the natural world.

Gray Whales (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Gordon, David G.

Baldridge, Alan

Seashore Life on Rocky Coasts (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Children's Books

Looks at Califorina's sea lions, harbor seals, northern elephant seals, Steller sea lions, and northern fur seals, and discusses food, breeding, behavior, and environmental threats

Seals and Sea Lions (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Introducing readers to such marine animals as sea lions, killer whales, elephant seals, leopard sharks, and moon jellies, a lavishly illustrated guide features lively text that describes the habitats and behaviors of each.

A Young Explorer's Guide to Undersea Life

Conway, Ket Tom

Armstrong, Pam

Science, Nature & How It Works

Introduces the special characteristics of octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and related creatures, describes their mating behavior and how they escape their enemies, and discusses the vampire squid and other natives of the great deeps

Octopus and Squid (Monetary Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Hunt, James C.

This comprehensive guide let's you take the aquarium's award winning exhibits and the habitats they represent home with you. Included are the kelp forests, rocky shores, shale reefs, sandy beaches, wetlands, coastal streams, sandy seafloors, and the open ocean. More than just a guide to the aquarium, you'll want to take this with you the next time you explore the shore!

A Field Guide to the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Nature & Ecology

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