Marine Invertebrate assemblages in southern California

Description

This is a point file of invertebrate site clusters calculated from benthic trawls completed by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP). Data from 426 fisheries independent trawls ranging from 2-215 meters depth were collected during the months of June-August. The data set contained information for 288 invertebrate species in 426 trawls, but removal of rare species resulted in 41 species in 401 trawls analyzed for assemblage structure. Gear included a 7.6-m head-rope semi balloon otter trawl with 1.25 cm codend mesh trawled for 5-10 minutes at each station. For more information on trawl methods, see Allen et al. (1997), and Allen et al. (2003). Site groups were calculated using the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity coefficient with average means clustering (Romesburg, 1991). Invertebrates that were not present in at least 5% of the trawls were removed from this analysis.

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0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39195
57 Online Resource http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/cinms/Chap_3_Data/SCCWRP_inv_site.ZIP
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/chanisl_nms/
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/cinms/data/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39195.pdf
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/cinms/Chap_3_Data/SCCWRP_inv_site.ZIP

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  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • use/feeding habitats
  • environmental governance/management
  • benthic
  • national ocean service
  • ecosystems
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • biosphere
  • community dynamics
  • oceans
  • environmental monitoring
  • continent
  • noaa
  • biological classification
  • marine ecosystems
  • environmental assessments
  • north america
  • earth science services
  • cinms_assessment
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • california
  • polygons
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • marine biology
  • southern california
  • community structure
  • pelagic
  • invertebrates
  • models
  • channel islands national marine sanctuary
  • ecosystem functions
  • ecological dynamics
  • geographic information
  • species/population interactions
  • animals/invertebrates
  • dynamic vegetation/ecosystem models

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