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4 unusual facts about Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary


Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

26 species of marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, seals, and sea lions, are known to frequent the waters of the sanctuary.

Flatfish, most notably sanddabs, make their home on the mud of the seafloor in the sanctuary.

It was extensively explored and described during 1978-86 by Robert Schmieder, who published a monograph about it Schmieder, 1991.

Gale winds and the Earth's rotation drive surface water away from the shore, only to be replaced by an upwelling of colorer, deeper, and more nutrient-rich waters from offshore.



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