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

15498 records

27 distinct species

Across the time series Patiria miniata is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

The abundance and average size of a select group of invertebrates that are not easily counted in a 1 m2 quadrats are counted in four contiguous 20 m x 1m swaths that run parallel and adjacent to the 40 m transect (Figure 2). The average size of each targeted species encountered is estimated for each 20 m x 1 m swath. The list of species and size categorizes sampled in the swaths is shown in Table 2. Sampling entails thoroughly searching the area within each swath 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. (2014c) “SBC LTER: Reef: Kelp forest community dynamics: Invertebrate and algal density”. Santa Barbara Coastal LTER. Available at: http://sbc.lternet.edu/cgi-bin/showDataset.cgi?docid=knb-lter-sbc.19, accessed 2016. doi:10.6073/pasta/cd4cf864efecd69891dfe1d73b9ac9c3.