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TABLE 1. MAJOR MARINE SCIENCES FACILITIES IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION 



1. Institute of Marine Sciences-Long Marine Laboratory (University of California, Santa Cruz) 



Focus: Marine mairunab, aquatic toxicology, continental margin tectonics, coastal hiazards, 

 ocean processes and paleoceanography 

 Researchers/graduate students/staff: 186 

 Annual budget: $7.5 million 



2. United States Geological Survey-Branch of Pacific Marine Geology (relocating) 



Focus: Marine and coastal geological investigations of the continental margins of the 

 western U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and trust territories 

 Researchers/staff: 120 

 Annual budget: $14 million 



3. California Dept. of Fish and Game-Oiled Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Facility 



Focus: Rescue and rehabilitation of oiled wildlife and aquatic toxicology research 

 Researchers/staff: 5 

 Aruiual budget: $500,000 



4- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (California State University) 



Focus: Physical, chemical, and biological oceanography, marine ecology 

 Researchers/graduate students/staff: 140 

 Annual budget: $6.2 million 



5. Elkhom Slough National Estuarine Reserve and Elkhom Slough Foundation 



Focus' Ecology, biology, estuarine management and restoration 

 Researchers/staff: 12 

 Budget: $600,000 



6. Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University) 



Focus: Marine invertebrate biology and ecology 

 Researchers/graduate students/staff: 58 

 Budget: $3.2 million 



7. Monterey Bay Aquarium 



Focus: Public education and marine research relevant to exhibit program 

 Researchers/staff; 350 

 Budget: $25.8 million 



8. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 



Focus: Technology-enabled ocean science; deep sea geology and geochemistry, biology and 

 microbiology; upper ocean physics and biogeochemistry. Instrument and sensor development 

 for fundamental ocean research. Underwater vehicle technologies 

 Researchers /staff: 91 

 Budget: $114 million 



9. Naval Postgraduate School 



Focus: Physical and chemical oceanography and meteorology 

 Researdiers/graduate students/staff: 136 

 Budget: $4 million 



10. Ocean Applications Branch (NOAA) 



