Ano Nuevo Island Reserve

Just offshore from Point Año Nuevo 74 kilometers (46 miles) south of San Francisco, the Año Nuevo Island Reserve is comprised of Miocene shale with remnant dune deposits and associated low, rocky islets and intertidal shelf. Research at Ano Nuevo includes: Northern elephant seals: effects of low-frequency sound in the marine acoustic environment; geographic-reference behavior during migrations; buoyancy and swimming effort; predator-prey relationships with white sharks; and developmental physiology of pups during natural, prolonged fasts, Population monitoring of Steller sea lions, and Conservation, demography, and foodhabits of rhinoceros auklets.