Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate shelf and seas ecoregions
Central latitude: 34.305542
Central longitude: -119.875850
Duration: 15 years, from 2000 to 2014

5363 records

36 distinct species

Across the time series Strongylocentrotus purpuratus is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

The abundance and size of a specified number of common species of invertebrates are sampled by divers in 1 m2 quadrats positioned at each of the six permanent bolts along each transect (Figure 1). The list of species and size categorizes sampled in the quadrats is shown in Table 1. Sampling entails thoroughly searching the area within each quadrat for the targeted species without disrupting the bottom substrate or displacing organisms. Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Reed, D. C. (2014b) “SBC LTER: Reef: Kelp forest community dynamics: Fish abundance”. Santa Barbara Coastal LTER. Available at: http://sbc.lternet.edu/cgi-bin/showDataset.cgi?docid=knb-lter-sbc.17, accessed 2016. doi:10.6073/pasta/e37ed29111b2fddffc08355252b8b8c7.