![]() Small bands gathered near the seashore where food was abundant-mussels, clams, abalone and fish. The first communities of the Monterey Peninsula were, of course, members of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation. Upwelling, the movement of deep, cold water to the surface, means that plankton is abundant, supporting a web of ocean creatures, from jelly fish to humpback whales that eat plankton, krill and small crustations. Bisecting the Bay is a canyon twice the depth of the Grand Canyon. Indeed, Monterey Bay, a “blue platter” as Steinbeck describes it, is one of the most ecologically diverse regions along the California coast. The climate is temperate, with fog often layering the coast in the summers, augmented by upwelling from cold Pacific waters. The gentle hills that rise from the coast are covered with Monterey pine, oaks and a few stands of the endemic Monterey cypress. ![]() The shores are rocky, dotted with stretches of fine sandy beaches. The Monterey Peninsula, a granite batholith, marks the southern boundary of Monterey Bay as it juts into the Pacific. ![]()
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