MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Point Contact Surveys Summarized

• 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: 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; Baseline MPA monitoring; Long-term MPA monitoring; Marine Protected Area (MPA); Biological data; Central Coast; North Central Coast; North Coast; South Coast; Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe); Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO); Algae; Invertebrates; PISCO; MARINe; Temperate Rocky Reef; Intertidal; Point Contact Survey; Percent Cover; Diversity; Abundance; Density; Invertebrate; Alaska; British Columbia; Canada; Washington; Oregon; California; Baja California; Mexico; Sonora; Baja; Gar’; Pisco; Diablo; Skagway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6085/AA/marine_cbs.5.3

This metadata record documents the Point Contact surveys for the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) Coastal Biodiversity Surveys. Point Contact sampling consists of recording the diversity and abundance of invertebrates and algae along 11 transects of variable length extending from the u...