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  • SBC LTER: Reef: Long-term experiment: Kelp removal: Abundance and size of Giant Kelp
  • Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
    Reed, Daniel C
  • 2021-02-10
  • Santa Barbara Coastal LTER and D. Reed. 2021. SBC LTER: Reef: Long-term experiment: Kelp removal: Abundance and size of Giant Kelp ver 20. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/1b1d051632104dc1309cc67c78efa88c (Accessed 2024-04-19).

  • These data describe the abundance of giant kelp located at SBC LTER long-term kelp removal experiment sites. The number of fronds on each plant > 1 m tall within 40 m x 2 m transects in each plot is recorded in selected 20 m2 sub-sections of each transect. In continuous removal plots plants are removed after being sampled.

    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:

    - Control: Macrocystis pyriferais left intact during the experiment.

    - Annual removal: Macrocystis pyriferais removed from an adjacent plot once each winter and allowed to re-colonize over the course of the year.

    - Continuous removal: Macrocystis pyriferais removed from the plot on each sampling date.

    See protocol for more information.  

  • 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/1b1d051632104dc1309cc67c78efa88c
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