User:Sophiegeary/Seattle Aquarium/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Outline of proposed changes
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History
* keep information mainly similar*

Ocean Pavilion expansion
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Exhibits
introduce exhibits (there are six main ones)

Pier 59
introduce main exhibitions / location

Window on Washington Waters
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Life on the Edge
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Pacific Coral Reef
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Other Exhibits

 * Crashing Wave - fix citation
 * The Ring of Life - fix citation
 * Giant Pacific Octopus - fix citation
 * another link to use https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/management/mpa/octopus-preserve#:~:text=One%20of%20Puget%20Sound's%20major,span%20up%20to%2020%20feet.


 * A closer look table
 * Caring cove play space
 * Virtual reality experience

Shopping and dining

 * Seattle aquarium gift shop
 * Seattle aquarium cafe
 * Souvenir photos
 * Additional amenities (expand)

Pier 60
introduce main exhibits / location

Birds & Shores
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The Underwater Dome
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Marine Mammals
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Other Exhibits

 * Puget Sound Fish
 * Salmon Life Cycle
 * Veterinary Care Center
 * Murals

Pier 59
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Window on Washington Waters is a 120000 gal tank created as part of the 2007 expansion. It is meant to replicate the coastal waters of Washington state from about 5 to 60 ft, and feature native marine life including salmon, rockfish, and sea anemones. There are dive shows which take place several times a day. Divers wearing special masks are able to converse with visitors.

Life on the Edge was opened in 2002. Two large exhibit pools that include touch zones allow visitors to see the tidepool life of Washington's outer coast and of Seattle's inland sea.

Pacific Coral Reef is a man-made coral reef in a 25000 gal tank that contains fish that live in and around reefs.

Other Exhibits

 * The Crashing Waves Exhibit is a 40 ft wave tank that replicates Washington shores from the intertidal zone to a depth of about 5 ft.
 * The Ring of Life (Formerly known as Life of a Drifter includes a 12 ft high glass "donut" where visitors can be surrounded by moon jellies, a multi-species display featuring the giant Pacific octopus, and a 13 ft touch table where visitors can view some of the area's drifters including juvenile rockfish, sea stars, and plankton. )
 * Giant Pacific Octopus
 * A Closer Look Table
 * Caring Cove Play Space
 * Virtual Reality Experience

Shopping and Dining

 * Seattle aquarium gift shop
 * Seattle aquarium cafe
 * Souvenir photos
 * Additional amenities (expand)

Pier 60
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Birds and Shores consists of three separate areas. Northwest Shores is an area which shows birds in a variety of habitats of the coastal Northwest. Alcids has diving birds such as tufted puffins and common murres. There is also a Shorebird exhibit.

The Underwater Dome is an exhibit viewed from a mostly transparent spherical undersea room in a 400000 gal tank. It was built as part of the original construction and opened in 1977. The tank exhibits species that would be found in Puget Sound including salmon, lingcod, sharks, sturgeon, skates, and rockfish.

The Marine Mammals area includes exhibits for harbor seals, Northern fur seals, sea otters, and river otters, as well as the Orca Family Activity Center. The Orca Family Activity Center is meant to educate visitors about orcas, particularly those belonging to the Southern Resident Community residing in Puget Sound.

Other Exhibits

 * Puget Sound Fish is a three-part exhibit that contains fish from the Puget Sound. Fish included in the tank are grunt sculpins, Pacific spiny lumpsuckers, midshipman fish, canary rockfish, wolf eels, and decorated warbonnets.
 * Salmon Life Cycle
 * Veterinary Care Center
 * Mural

copied from Seattle Aquarium