Ocean Beach

Authors Note


OCEAN BEACH




Water and Weather
Fog
Waves
Tides and Currents
Riptides
Sea Foam
Sandbars and Sand Dunes



FAUNA

Hard-Bodied Creatures



Sand Crab
Dungeness Crab
Sand Dollar

Soft-Bodied Creatures


By-the-Wind Sailor
Moon Jelly
Pacific Sea Nettle

Seabirds and Shorebirds


California Brown Pelican
Cormorant
Western Gull
Snowy Plover
Sanderling
Willet
Short-Billed Dowitcher

Fully Aquatic Marine Mammals


Gray Whale
Humpback Whale
Blue Whale
Sperm Whale
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Harbor Porpoise

Partially Aquatic Marine Mammals


California Sea Lion
Harbor Seal

Fish


Surfperch
Striped Bass
Great White Shark

FLORA




Beach Strawberry
Silver Dune Lupine
Bull Kelp
Ice Plant
European Beachgrass

Ocean Beach Ecosystem: Looking Forward


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