Where the Wild Things Are: Cetaceans Reveal Interconnectedness of Marine Sanctuary Ecosystems

July 1, 2026

Brandon Southall, Marine Bioacoustician and Research Associate and Ari Friedlaender, Marine Ecologist and Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

Various cetacean species utilize coastal regions of the California Current ecosystem, including in all five national marine sanctuaries off California. Learn more about long-term satellite telemetry in Monterey Bay and how the results demonstrate far more extensive and regular use across the network of national marine sanctuaries along California's coast than previously thought, illustrating the interconnectedness of these ecosystems.