Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016

Description

The North Coast has 16 major estuaries that support a wide diversity of plant and animal life, including salmon and other commercially important species. The focus of this project is to describe and evaluate the ecological status of representative and under-studied estuaries in the region by surveying plants, invertebrates and fishes in tidal mudflats and eelgrass beds of four estuaries – three within MPAs (Humboldt Bay, Big River and Ten Mile River) and the Mad River Estuary. Field surveys will be conducted multiple times a year for two years to better document seasonal and interannual variability in species abundances and diversity, as well as changes in the sizes of focal species, such as bivalves, eelgrass, and black rockfish, among others. Estuarine ecosystems are largely driven by a complex set of interacting physical variables, including freshwater flows, seasonal closures of lagoon mouths and ocean water properties related to winds and upwelling. Information about these “abiotic” variables will be distilled to describe the “contextual conditions” in each estuary. During the analysis phase of their project, scientists will identify baseline and contextual metrics that might allow for future evaluation of MPA performance. This project is a collaboration among academic scientists, North Coast tribes, and ecological consultants.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 Data dictionary for Sampling Dates Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/dd3b6320-5cb4-47a3-9b2b-c8c732d95063/download/ncestuarineestuarysamplingdateslookuptablemetadata.csv
33 Final Technical Report for MPA Baseline Monitoring Program https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/fd894b3f-b1a4-4aaa-abc7-56dc658d4bff/download/40-shaughnessy-final0.pdf
8 Data dictionary for MPA Baseline Program Information - North Coast. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/c81129a3-5304-4044-8600-bae26c762175/download/ncmpabaselinemonitoringinformationlookuptablemetadata.csv
57 A Zip file of all resources for the Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/d4ef3e50-70ec-4948-9a91-eaa19ed08611/download/fulldatapackagencestuarympabaselinestudy20142016.zip
57 A Zip file of all resources for the macrophyte survey component of the Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/e07c3f83-47f6-417a-8ed6-dd7147ff1e27/download/macrophyteonlydatapackagencestuarympabaselinestudy20142016.zip
57 A Zip file of all resources for the physical context component of the Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/992793cd-9844-45e9-9014-6288b4f8cabe/download/physicalcontextonlydatapackagencestuarympabaselinestudy20142016.zip
8 Table of UTM coordinates for each end of each transect line in a site. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/9f655c04-5380-4dd1-9973-df83be40ce71/download/ncestuarineestuarysitelocationlookuptable6.csv
8 Lookup table containing a list of North Coast (NC) Marine Protected Area (MPA) boundary coordinates. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/abf57cd1-eec6-4fe2-a481-94b18f0be43e/download/ncmpaboundaryinformationlookuptable.csv
8 Data dictionary for MPA Boundary Details - North Coast https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/586bd099-7500-4a01-808d-4321e004542f/download/ncmpaboundaryinformationlookuptablemetadata.csv
8 Data dictionary for Site Location Lookup Table https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/df24df8b-35bb-48b7-9b8c-11935d54443e/download/ncestuarineestuarysitelocationlookuptablemetadata6.csv
57 A Zip file of all resources for the fish survey component of the Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016 dataset https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/4d7645f1-22af-4c98-8cad-8e1bdf5241e3/download/fishonlydatapackagencestuarympabaselinestudy20142016.zip
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/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/3d331921-f063-43f8-a041-93f38a1425aa/download/ncmpabaselinemonitoringinformationlookuptable.csv
8 Table of the specific dates for each survey of each estuary https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/411bdf6a-6cea-499f-bbc6-b16cde34a0b4/download/ncestuarineestuarysamplingdateslookuptable0.csv
57 A Zip file of all resources for the invertebrate survey component of the Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016 dataset. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ff24ebe8-62c7-46fa-a087-71a9c0463765/resource/eb6cbcbe-8d5e-421c-8a2d-708394364462/download/invertonlydatapackagencestuarympabaselinestudy20142016.zip

Tags

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • oceans
  • biota
  • baseline
  • environmental
  • estuary
  • monitoring
  • california
  • mpa
  • north-coast
  • ecological-data
  • marine-protected-area
  • estuarine
  • 2016
  • california-ocean-protection-council

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