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SBC01-213 - Sooty Shearwaters in the California Current: 2008

A project of Pacific Procellariid Research Consortium.

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The Santa Barbara Channel is one of our three focal study areas within the California Current System. Located off southern California, in an area known as the Southern California Bight, Sooty Shearwaters dominate the regions marine avifauna during summer months. Large flocks feed during the day often in association with herds of abundant common dolphin and groups of humpback whales. The region is a major spawning and recruitment site for northern anchovy - the principal prey for an abundant and diverse predator community.

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This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '3', '2', '1', '0', 'A'. Locations that have been "filtered" are displayed as small red dots.
This maps also shows locations of class 'B', 'Z', 'X' as small black dots which are not connected by a route line.
Bathymetry layers are derived from the GEBCO One Minute Grid.
Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll are derived from NASA's Ocean Color data.
Ocean currents and sea surface heights are derived from AVISO's Ssalto/Duacs Gridded Absolute Dynamic Topography & absolute geostrophic velocities data.