Kelp Forest Transect Surveys - Sonoma and Mendocino County, Northern California Coast

Description

Kelp Forest Transect Surveys conducted along 30x2m transects on rocky reef habitats from 0-60 ft depth in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, Northern California. The data set includes depth of transect; number, size and species of abalone and urchins; number of associated species and predators; substrate type; percent cover of algal type along a 30x2m transect. Transect locations are identified by latitude and longitude at sampling and are stratified into 4 depth ranges: 0-15ft, 16-30ft, 31-45ft, and 46-60ft. This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000061. For more information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data.

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53 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Data Management Plan (DMP) metadata worksheet. For more information on scientific data in CDFW please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c1889688-9ead-456c-a1cb-985d0fda8390/resource/6b0b5095-28f2-46c4-a198-f32df352904b/download/cdfw-dmp-metadata-transect-24-01-22.xlsx
57 This zipped folder includes files with the following extensions: PDF, CSV. https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/c1889688-9ead-456c-a1cb-985d0fda8390/resource/ccf37ef7-2b2f-444d-b402-00f951c2ac71/download/kelpforestsurveys_dmp000061.zip

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  • mendocino-county
  • dmp
  • sonoma-county
  • marine-transect-data
  • sub-tidal
  • california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife
  • sea-urchins
  • kelp-forest
  • abalone
  • sea-stars
  • california-north-coast
  • northern-california-coast

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