Hopkins Marine Life Refuge II Traditional Cache
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Hopkins Marine Life Refuge II
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In Pacific Grove, along the Ocean View bike path.
The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of Stanford University was founded in 1892 with two main purposes: to encourage the study of marine biology, and to provide a place where biologists of all disciplines could work near the marine organisms found along the California coast.
The biological importance of the intertidal and subtidal areas off Hopkins Marine Station was recognized by the State of California in 1931 when legislation was adopted establishing the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge. The HMLR is the second oldest Marine Life Refuge in California; the San Diego Marine Life Refuge of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography was established in 1929.
No other shoreline area in California has been studied as intensively as the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge. The area has been used primarily by scientists and students from Stanford University for field observation and identification of species, establishment of ecological study sites, and collection of specimens for laboratory observation and experimentation. In the past 30 years over 600 research papers dealing with various aspects of marine life in the refuge have been published by scientists working at Hopkins Marine Station. In addition, researchers from numerous other academic institutions and several governmental agencies have obtained permission to perform their work in the refuge.
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