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  • SBC LTER: Reef: Long-term experiment: Kelp removal: Fish abundance
  • Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
    Reed, Daniel C
  • 2016-09-06
  • Santa Barbara Coastal LTER and D.C. Reed. 2016. SBC LTER: Reef: Long-term experiment: Kelp removal: Fish abundance ver 14. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0a20bb89bef677ee72631433a857a840 (Accessed 2024-04-23).

  • These data describe the abundance and size of reef-associated fish at SBC LTER long-term kelp removal experiment sites. The number and size of reef fish located 0-2 meters from the bottom within a 40 m x 2 m transect are recorded by a diver in each plot at the start of the sampling day. The number and sizes of cryptic fish associated with the bottom are recorded in the same 4 0m x 2 m transects in a separate survey. Cryptic species are recorded in selected 20 meter sub-sections of an 80 m2permanent transect. Cryptic species are not recorded on continuous removal transects.

    The kelp removal experiment was initiated in 2008 at selected reef sites along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel. The following three giant kelp manipulations are maintained in sampling plots at each site:

  • Geographic Coordinates
    • N: 34.46774988, S: 34.46774988, E: -120.11905, W: -120.11905
    • N: 34.3916319, S: 34.3916319, E: -119.5416933, W: -119.5416933
    • N: 34.3940708, S: 34.3940708, E: -119.72957, W: -119.72957
    • N: 34.4221216, S: 34.4221216, E: -119.95154, W: -119.95154
    • N: 34.402783, S: 34.402783, E: -119.85755, W: -119.85755
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  • https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/0a20bb89bef677ee72631433a857a840
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