PISCO: Intertidal: Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Species Presence

This metadata record documents the species presence for PISCO/MARINe intertidal coastal biodiversity surveys. Intertidal surveys are comprised of four components, all sampled along the same transects: (1) point contact estimates of intertidal cover and substrate characteristics, (2) swath transects...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe), Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), Pete Raimondi
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: PISCO MN
Subjects:
Kay
Boa
Bol
Tay
Roa
Moa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.6085/AA/marine_cbs.3.1
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Summary:This metadata record documents the species presence for PISCO/MARINe intertidal coastal biodiversity surveys. Intertidal surveys are comprised of four components, all sampled along the same transects: (1) point contact estimates of intertidal cover and substrate characteristics, (2) swath transects to estimate the density of seastars and abalone, (3) quadrat sampling to estimate the density of mobile invertebrates, and (4) topography (elevation relative to mean low low water (mllw)). Intertidal coastal biodiversity surveys are done throughout the year at sites ranging from Southeast Alaska to Baja California, Mexico. Selected sites are resampled on a 3 to 5 year cycle. A site is defined as a contiguous rocky bench of at least 30m. Species presence data are summarized from all visits to a particular site. Sites that have never had a full survey done have not been included. Please note that sensitive species have been removed from this dataset.