California Academy of Sciences - Science Now
http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/wild_lives/sfbay.html
... A Slice of San Francisco Bay The Academy's project to inventory all the bottom dwelling animals in the San Francisco Bay, called" SF Bay: 2k," is revealing some interesting creatures. Sessile animals start...
... When an assemblage like this one collected from San Francisco Bay takes up residence on something human made like ships' hulls, pier pilings, or even ropes, it's called a" fouling community." Ciona intestinalis, a solitary tunicate and filter...

California Academy of Sciences - Science Now
http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/where_in_the_world/bottom_of_bay.html
... Getting to the Bottom of the Bay Rich Mooi aboard the" Lucile," acquired from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to allow deep water collections. You can not know what you have lost, unless you know what...
... Thus was born SF Bay: 2k, an Academy initiative to inventory all the creatures, from sponges to fishes, in San Francisco Bay, one of the largest estuaries in the nation. The ongoing inventory...

Bay Area Community Environmental Organizations
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/BAcommorg.htm#S
...This list has been compiled by Library staff as a representative sample of mostly non-profit organizations around the San Francisco Bay Area. These groups are actively working towards education and conservation. Please contact them directly to get involved...

Bibliographies for San Francisco and California
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/caandsf.htm

San Francisco Bay Natural History Bibliography
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/sfbay-update.htm
... SAN FRANCISCO BAY NATURAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY California Academy of Sciences Library Sanfrancisco Bay Ecology Videos Conservation and Restoration Computer Application Curriculum Materials Journal Articles Directories World Wide Web ...
... Review Materials on the Environment and Resources of San Francisco Bay. San Francisco: Oceanic Society, 1984. Maps Td225.s25 C43 1984. Citizen's Report on the Diked Historic Baylands of San Francisco Bay. Sausalito, CA: Bay Institute of San...

San Francisco Bay Natural History
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/sfbay.htm
... San Francisco Bay Bibliography Sanfrancisco Bay Ecology Videotapes Conservation and Restoration Computer Application Curriculum Materials Journal Articles Directories World Wide Web SAN FRANCISCO BAY ECOLOGY: The...
... Review Materials on the Environment and Resources of San Francisco Bay. San Francisco: Oceanic Society, 1984. Maps Td225.s25 C43 1984. Citizen's Report on the Diked Historic Baylands of San Francisco Bay. Sausalito, CA: Bay Institute of San...

SF Bay Marine Invertebrates Bibliography
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/sf_marine_invert.htm
... SAN FRANCISCO BAY MARINE INVERTEBRATES BIBLIOGRAPHY California Academy of Sciences World Wide Web Books Children's Books Articles WORLD WIDE WEB Alien Invaders: Introduced Species in the San Francisco Bay http:...
... Overview of non native invertebrates found in San Francisco Bay. Biodiversity of the Rocky Intertidal in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: A 24 Year Comparison http:// www.biology.ucsc.edu/ classes/ bio16 1 l/ index.html ...

MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Habitats: Chinese Crabs Discover San Francisco Bay by Gordy Slack
http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/pacdis/issues/summer96/crab.htm
... Chinese Crabs Discover San Francisco Bay by Gordy Slack We are headed south on Highway 880 in Kathleen Halat's black Jeep. She is driving a good bit over the speed limit and seems to be thinking more about...
... what may be the most significant invasion of the San Francisco Bay since the coming of the Spanish in the eighteenth century. Halat studies the Chinese mitten crab. I ask Halat if she's seen the recently leaked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report...

PRESS RELEASE
California Academy of Sciences - Newsroom
http://www.calacademy.org/geninfo/newsroom/releases/sfbay2k_0101.html
... Academy's Study of San Francisco Bay Species Underway Inventory of Non Native Species Documents Changes of Bay Ecosystem SAN FRANCISCO (January 21, 2001) In recent decades, the rate and impact of non native or" alien...
... native or" alien" species introductions into the San Francisco Bay ecosystem have accelerated. Nearly 100 years ago, the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross collected and classified species taken from the San Francisco Bay, but no other comprehensive survey has been conducted to assemble...

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