Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

Description

We combined taxonomically detailed surveys of macroinvertebrates and birds with targeted sampling of regionally important focal taxa including surf zone fishes, kelp and sand crabs; physical and biological metrics of the habitat; and activities of people on the beaches to develop an integrated understanding of the important ecosystem processes structuring northern California beaches. Our baseline study program consisted of the following components: Nine monthly surveys (from September 2014 through May 2015) of birds, macrophyte wrack (detached marine vegetation such as seaweeds, surfgrasses and seagrasses that are deposited on the beach), human use and physical characteristics of 12 sandy beaches and their adjacent surf zones (6 MPA and 6 reference sites); A one-time, comprehensive survey of intertidal invertebrate biodiversity during summer 2014 of the 12 focal sandy beaches; A comprehensive baseline survey of redtail surfperch (Amphistichus rhodoterus), including diet analysis, at nine sandy beaches (4 MPA, 5 reference sites) over two years; Targeted monthly surveys of sand crabs (Emerita analoga) done concurrently with redtail surfperch surveys on three long beaches for three months; and Sampling of night smelt (Spirinchus starksi) spawning aggregations from nine beaches (5 MPA, 4 reference) during spring and summer over two years.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Metadata for sand crab weight and length survey methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/c9c47471-4c48-4800-b386-4168b20a9225/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofsandcrabweightlengthrelationship.pdf
8 Data table containing taxanomic information about sand crabs surveyed on North coast sandy beaches https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/45a662fa-b026-4a49-9b75-4f9c8d737287/download/ncsandcraborganismlookuptable.csv
8 Data dictionary for Sand Crab Species Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/a53a4af2-a8f4-420b-88b5-9bc9c8f4d774/download/ncsandcraborganismlookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Survey Sites Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/19c08e49-f8ef-436c-b727-c50f60dbc25a/download/ncsandcrabsitelocationmetricsmetadata.csv
33 Metadata for smelt length survey sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/d2ec13f4-7116-4d8b-853e-6bd36befbd8d/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofsmeltlength.pdf
8 Data dictionary for Smelt Length - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/407eb5c0-e327-42db-9624-a02b7ba332c9/download/ncsmeltlengthsurveydatametadata.csv
8 Data table containing information from smelt surveys on North coast sandy beaches. Data includes site, sex, and weight of each fish https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/130623ca-de2b-4911-b317-71aa293b07ed/download/ncsmeltweightsurveydata.csv
33 Metadata for smelt abundance sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/099834b4-a042-4a6a-8ee0-dbabac131433/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofsmeltabundance.pdf
55 EML metadata for the smelt abundance component of the Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/f669964a-daf6-4e0e-bafc-1f2f05f5249c/download/eml-node-3252.xml
8 Data dictionary for Smelt Abundance - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/1f7a89c1-2f7d-49c0-88cb-1889bca2f256/download/ncsmeltwalkersurveydatametadata.csv
8 Lookup table containing a list of North Coast (NC) Marine Protected Area (MPA) boundary coordinates. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/da4a0cc4-14d4-421b-9157-0030a6efeccf/download/ncmpaboundaryinformationlookuptable.csv
8 Data dictionary for Sand Crab Weight and Length - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/7057e676-381e-4e65-8df8-127b817ce77d/download/ncsandcrabweightlengthdatametadata.csv
8 Data table containing information from smelt surveys on North coast sandy beaches. Data includes site, year of collection, sex, and length of each fish https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/9a619b1f-18d2-4ce7-9a7f-388525436bfa/download/ncsmeltlengthsurveydata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Sand Profile - Data table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/febf84bf-a74e-4cf8-9faa-3fdc93200221/download/ncsandcrabsandmetadata.csv
8 Sand crab (Emerita analoga) sizes from samples targeting sand crabs on a North Coast Marine Protected Area sandy beach https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/9879eb68-0190-4f7a-8cb9-0d0424303ad2/download/ncsandcrabmpacrabsize.csv
8 Data dictionary for Surf Perch Diet - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/afc31d94-56a3-4e78-83e8-2b168ec69388/download/ncsurfperchdietsurveydatametadata.csv
33 Metadata on sand crab sizing methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/48628b1c-c132-4245-8686-87cc58eccdcf/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofmpasandcrabsize.pdf
8 Data dictionary for Sand Crab Size - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/d0071379-2926-4e52-a53a-8f5897ab93e7/download/ncsandcrabmpacrabsizemetadata.csv
8 Sand crab (Emerita analoga) length and weights from samples targeting sand crabs on North Coast sandy beaches used to create a model to predict sand crab weight from carapace length https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/479d539b-bc35-407d-9672-a8f89cc2f7b1/download/ncsandcrabweightlengthdata.csv
8 Data table containing information from surfperch surveys on North coast sandy beaches. Data includes site, species, date, angler hours, sex, whether the fish was sacrificed, tag number, and total length of each fish. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/006444f7-2f74-4081-a404-eb524c983191/download/ncsurfperchsurveydata.csv
55 EML metadata for the smelt weight survey component of the Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/ada1fbaa-4d0a-4fdd-b984-0e7ab1f393de/download/eml-node-3253.xml
33 Metadata on the sand profile sample methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/9fadff09-5fd4-4cc3-87b2-aa601cfdf0b4/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofsandcrabsandsandprofiles.pdf
8 Sand grain size samples from the water table outcrop during surveys targeting sand crabs on North Coast Sandy Beaches https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/f939b424-ee28-47d9-8ef7-a39ff55f55b4/download/ncsandcrabsand.csv
33 Metadata for surf perch sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/87457329-f4a7-4955-b3e0-9790ba017f0e/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysandclassificationofsurfperch.pdf
8 Data table containing information about site locations for sand crab surveys conducted on north coast sandy beaches. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/aa30b5bf-2a1c-4468-8447-5dd2704aeb3a/download/ncsandcrabsitelocationmetrics.csv
8 Data dictionary for MPA Boundary Details - North Coast https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/71deff17-9d92-4acc-85ff-5aab1be2f218/download/ncmpaboundaryinformationlookuptablemetadata.csv
55 EML metadata for surf perch diet component of the Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015 dataset. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/1f42890c-4bf4-448b-9c36-04f2bd1c2fb5/download/eml-node-3254.xml
55 EML metadata for smelt length survey component of the Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/96ee8a07-82da-446d-b054-7eb5d78a54b6/download/eml-node-3237.xml
8 Data dictionary for Smelt Weights - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/88901e23-0cc5-4fc4-9365-aae68c4f1a3f/download/ncsmeltweightsurveydatametadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Surf Perch - Data https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/62da98d9-77c1-4edd-8e10-592433b74349/download/ncsurfperchsurveydatametadata.csv
33 Metadata for surf perch diet sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/da4c316b-f6cd-4e17-8daa-e6b0f44476e8/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofsurfperchdiet.pdf
8 Lookup table containing a list of North Coast (NC) Marine Protected Area (MPA) baseline program projects and associated information. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/575dc1de-4075-439b-9e49-eb6603deedce/download/ncmpabaselinemonitoringinformationlookuptable.csv
8 Data dictionary for MPA Baseline Program Information - North Coast https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/09e71a77-3b45-4051-b74b-9254738f0a4f/download/ncmpabaselinemonitoringinformationlookuptablemetadata.csv
33 Metadata for smelt weight survey methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/8ba5e6f6-2ed2-4ffa-ba39-cf31be51afba/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatasurveysofsmeltweights.pdf
8 Data table containing information from smelt surveys on North coast sandy beaches. Data includes Date of collection, site, and walker scale value to indicate relative https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/d06f8eb3-b700-4608-8abb-dd8f338a87e9/download/ncsmeltwalkersurveydata.csv
8 Data table containing information about diet analyses conducted on redtail surfperch collected on north coast sandy beaches. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/758717f3-cd6c-420b-b397-ffffe683c778/download/ncsurfperchdietsurveydata.csv
33 North coast baseline (phase I) marine protected area (MPA) final report forBaseline Characterization of Sandy Beach Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015. This project and report were completed in fulfillment of CA Sea Grant R/MPA-38. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/6ba8e18f-9491-462b-ac3f-c2946affe84b/download/38-nielsen-final.pdf
57 A Zip file of all resources for the Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c071be6f-4ebd-4a51-97a4-7541d0fd08e3/resource/bccca5f0-470b-4ba3-ba76-b5f2ddf726d3/download/sandybeachsurf.zip

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  • 2014
  • 2015
  • oceans
  • biota
  • baseline
  • environmental
  • beaches
  • monitoring
  • california
  • mpa
  • north-coast
  • surf-zones
  • ecological-data
  • marine-protected-area
  • california-ocean-protection-council

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