Citizen Scientist Monitoring of Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2012

Description

Reef Check California has surveyed rocky reefs and kelp forests in southern California since 2006 and has up to nine years of data from the MLPA South Coast Study Region (SCSR). The goal of this baseline monitoring project is to quantify key attributes of species, populations, communities and habitat variables that constitute representative kelp forest ecosystems within and outside of many of the MPAs in the South Coast Study Region. The sampling design, selected response variables (i.e. key species) and analytical approaches are intended to provide scientists, managers, stakeholders and policymakers with a baseline for future assessment of the effectiveness of the SCSR MPAs. Further, the outcomes from this study will also provide recommendations for long-term monitoring metrics and cost-effective survey protocols for the SCSR. Specific objectives are: 1. Provide a quantitative baseline characterization of the rocky reef and kelp forest ecosystem feature inside and outside of MPAs in the SCSR. 2. Provide pre-MPA implementation data and historical context to ongoing data collection by analyzing RCCA’s existing dataset in the context of the new MPAs. 3. Explore the baseline characterizations for potential indicators of the state of the kelp forest ecosystem (i.e. ecosystem indicators) and make recommendations for long-term monitoring. 4. Build capacity for cost-effective, long-term MPA monitoring through the continued involvement of community members in the monitoring of MPAs. 5. Expand existing public online data dissemination and illustration tool (NED) to inform managers, stakeholders, policymakers and the public about the status of the marine environment in the SCSR.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 Lookup table containing a list of North Coast (NC) Marine Protected Area (MPA) boundary coordinates. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/3801a5a8-ca83-407b-b7c8-058fb0619dc4/download/scmpaboundaryinformationlookuptable.csv
8 Contains the monitoring sites lookup information for Reef Check California’s South Coast MPA baseline monitoring during the years: 2011-2012. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/601697d0-3beb-46af-8d00-5fa1915cfd88/download/scrccasiteslookuptable.csv
8 Data dictionary for Fish Survey - Data Table 2011-2012 https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/121ce4fe-8e0e-4c76-8f59-9cb6429ce1dd/download/scrccafishdatatablemetadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Fish Survey - Fish Species Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/c0a2e005-918d-449f-83fa-136987369b74/download/scrccafishspecieslookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Invertebrate Survey - Data Table 2011-2012 https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/e1eb2bc0-3331-4adf-a68a-518a133006b1/download/scrccainvertebratedatatablemetadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Invertebrate Survey - Species Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/e92c6eda-8663-4025-bf5b-788f4e83ac7b/download/scrccainvertebratespecieslookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Uniform Point Contact - Data Table 2011-2012 https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/a06d5096-bf1b-46ac-9ce6-8ca6c726f0a8/download/scrccaupcdatatablemetadata.csv
33 Metadata for fish survey sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/fdceeb39-e1ed-4de7-a7ae-fc4566ac8d59/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatareefcheckfishsurveys0.pdf
8 Contains the Uniform Point Contact (UPC) survey data from Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/14222032-947b-4c67-8318-cb2cb4b9f758/download/rccaupcdatatable.csv
8 Data dictionary for Reef Check California - South Coast MPA Baseline Sites Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/1d86c32e-d910-4179-ad78-4984f0d60c2b/download/scrccasiteslookuptablemetadata.csv
33 Metadata for algae survey sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/a261b482-ea50-4832-8f2a-cb26d345c39a/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatareefcheckalgaesurveys.pdf
8 Contains the algae species lookup data for Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. It defines the species names used in the SC_RCCA_algae_data_table. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/51736f7a-16b1-4c5a-96e9-1d01b7c69b7f/download/scrccaalgaespecieslookuptable.csv
8 Contains the fish species lookup data for Reef Check California?s South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. it defines the species names used in the SC_RCCA_fish_data_table. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/843da39e-ad9b-4502-8506-8271981937d2/download/scrccafishspecieslookuptable.csv
33 Metadata for invertebrate survey sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/8d3f9f98-b2db-4577-b568-1083513cc8c7/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatareefcheckinvertebratesurveys.pdf
8 Data dictionary for MPA Boundary Details - North Coast https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/00e539cf-91ef-44ac-8161-b44e8b28866c/download/scmpaboundaryinformationlookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Contains the algae survey data from Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/ce3406a5-668e-4dce-99ea-0ae634c4657f/download/scrccaalgaedatatable.csv
8 Contains the invertebrate survey data from Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/850fbac1-a2cd-4fe3-8a0d-44f6be3ff4cc/download/scrccainvertebratedatatable.csv
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/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/74499237-b461-4172-9856-5c08409b9cbb/download/scmpabaselineprograminformationlookuptable.csv
8 Data dictionary for MPA Baseline Program Information - North Coast https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/cfa76bf5-b17d-418f-abc0-ef2c4c06862e/download/scmpabaselineprograminformationlookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Contains the invertebrate species lookup data for Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. It defines the species names used in the SC_RCCA_invertebrate_data_table. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/e78747f1-c302-465d-98d3-472eb52343bd/download/scrccainvertebratelookuptable.csv
8 Contains the Uniform Point Contact (UPC) lookup data for Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. It defines the categorical codes used in the rcca_upc_data_table. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/1bf02a81-f6f4-4c44-8ad1-5e63f7c07209/download/scrccaupclookuptable.csv
57 A Zip file of all resources for the Citizen Scientist Monitoring of Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2014 dataset. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/b5ac4ac6-6213-4725-8ede-eaf10390c993/download/citizensciencekelpforest.zip
8 Data dictionary for Algae Survey - Species Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/1b69cf48-e81d-4298-848a-9fd4a136f8ad/download/scrccaalgaespecieslookuptablemetadata.csv
33 Metadata for Uniform Point Contact (UPC) survey sampling methods https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/a08ac2dd-a20f-41e0-ad08-a70e5e9fb209/download/methodsandsamplingmetadatareefcheckupcsurveys.pdf
8 Data dictionary for Uniform Point Contact - Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/9eaaaffe-4d76-40e0-a64e-dc9938836857/download/scrccaupclookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Contains the fish survey data from Reef Check California's South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/b74dcb99-d39b-4a93-aafc-ec0e23408f60/download/scrccafishdatatable.csv
33 South coast baseline (phase I) marine protected area (MPA) final report for Reef Check California: Citizen Scientist monitoring of rocky reefs and kelp forests: Creating a baseline for California's South Coast. This project and report were completed in fulfillment of CA Sea Grant R/MPA-21. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/e6114a41-be7b-41b7-9aed-30986b9c618d/download/scmpa-21-final-report.pdf
8 Data dictionary for Algae Survey - Data Table 2011-2012 https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3d4a9849-a035-4312-84ca-3930c7441ff3/resource/51f77557-5130-495d-bf73-cd1099d94456/download/scrccaalgaedatatablemetadata.csv

Tags

  • oceans
  • biota
  • algae
  • south-coast
  • baseline
  • fishes
  • environmental
  • kelp-forest
  • citizen-science
  • monitoring
  • california
  • mpa
  • 2012
  • rocky-reef
  • ecological-data
  • invertebrates
  • marine-protected-area
  • 2011
  • california-ocean-protection-council

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