BML:: Student + Course Information

Location, in addition to a rare combination of natural and academic assets, makes Bodega a unique marine laboratory. The facility sits on wind-swept headlands in Sonoma County on California's north coast, where a 362-acre coastal reserve meets a state-protected marine reserve.

This stretch of ocean is also one of a handful of places in the world where "upwelling," caused by a combination of geography and physics, brings nutrient-rich deep waters to the surface and nurtures a vast array of sea life. This phenomenon makes this coastline among the most biologically productive in North America.

Added to these unusual "living laboratories" is the Bodega Marine Laboratory itself. The facility is well equipped with advanced instruments and administered by UC Davis, one of the nation's top public universities and a leader in both the life sciences and marine sciences.

"My favorite quarter at UC Davis wasn't actually on campus. It was spring quarter 2000 at the Bodega Marine Lab. It was a very worthwhile experience."
- Sarah Elizabeth Cole, B.S., UCD, Biological Sciences, 2001.

"My favorite quarter at UC Davis wasn't actually on campus. It was spring quarter 2000 at the Bodega Marine Lab. It was a very worthwhile experience." - Sarah Elizabeth Cole, B.S., UCD, Biological Sciences, 2001.

"My favorite quarter at UC Davis wasn't actually on campus. It was spring quarter 2000 at the Bodega Marine Lab. It was a very worthwhile experience."
- Sarah Elizabeth Cole, B.S., UCD, Biological Sciences, 2001.