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  • SBC LTER: Reef: Monthly fish abundance and size
  • Reed, Daniel C
    Miller, Robert J
  • 2023-09-11
  • Reed, D. and R. Miller. 2023. SBC LTER: Reef: Monthly fish abundance and size ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • These data describe the monthly survey on the abundance and size of fish species, as part of SBCLTER's kelp forest monitoring program to track long-term patterns in species abundance and diversity. This study began in 2000 in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA. The abundance and size of all taxa of resident kelp forest fish encountered along permanent transects are recorded at three reef sites (ABUR, AQUE, MOHK) located along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel. In these surveys, fish were counted in 40x2m benthic quadrat, and in the water parcel 0-2m off the bottom over the same area.

  • Geographic Coordinates
    • N: 34.400275, S: 34.400275, E: -119.7445915, W: -119.7445915
    • N: 34.46774988, S: 34.46774988, E: -120.11905, W: -120.11905
    • N: 34.3940708, S: 34.3940708, E: -119.72957, W: -119.72957
  • knb-lter-sbc.165.1  (Uploaded 2023-09-11)  
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