Dataset: Community survey data on invertebrate and algal density
Deployment: Carr_1999

Kelp forest community surveys on invertebrate and algal density.
Principal Investigator: 
Mark Carr (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Tim Tinker (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)
Contact: 
Mark Carr (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version: 
Final
Version Date: 
2016-10-07
Description

This metadata record documents the kelp forest community survey component of the investigators' project. Data generated by these surveys consists of the following recorded on "transects" (described in Methodology section below):  (i) the number and size of individuals greater than 2.5 cm diameter of all sea star species as well as notation of evidence of disease, (ii) the number and size of individuals greater than 2.5 cm diameter of both sea urchin species (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Mesocentrotus franciscanus) as well as notation of evidence of disease, (iii) density (individuals per 60m2) of all conspicuous invertebrates and macroalgae.

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