PISCO: Intertidal: Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Swath Surveys: Pisaster density data

• Main Authors: PISCO, MARINe, Pete Raimondi, Chris Harley
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: PISCO MN
• Subjects: Ocean; Intertidal Processes; Intertidal Zone; Marine Biology; Marine Invertebrates; Marine Plants; Marine Habitat; Biosphere; Aquatic Habitats; Coastal Habitat; Community Survey Data; Intertidal Data; Intertidal Community Survey Data; Intertidal Coastal Biodiversity Survey; SWAT Survey; PISCO; Temperate Rocky Reef; Intertidal; Swath Survey; Density; Mobile Invertebrate; Seastar; Abalone; Alaska; British Columbia; Canada; Washington; Oregon; California; Baja California; Mexico; Sonora; Baja; Anchorage; Piedras; Kay; Saunders; Dee; Ferguson; Boa; Gar’; Scripps; Kayak; Pisco; Gulch; Atkinson; Dunbar; Fitzgerald; Bol; Hippa; Lobos; Tay; Johnsons; Diablo; Arago; Seal Rock; Jenner; East Point; Bird Rock; Kayak Island; White Point; Brockton; Alder Creek; Hippa Island; Paradise Cove; Pigeon Point; Shelter Cove; Tow Hill; Bob Creek; China Rocks; Damnation Creek; Ferguson Point; Ford Point; Port Mary; Sage Rock; Sokol Point; Moa; Yellow Point; Duck Island; Landing Cove; Maria Creek; Taylor Point; Point Atkinson; Skagway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6085/AA/marine_cbs.1.2

This metadata record documents the Swath surveys for PISCO intertidal coastal biodiversity surveys. Swath sampling consists of recording the number of seastars and abalone on eleven 2m wide transects of variable length extending from the upper intertidal to the low intertidal. Intertidal surveys are...