SFAN Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Dataset
San Francisco Bay Area Network. 2017. SFAN Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Dataset. National Park Service
This file contains data collected at 5 monitoring stations in Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore from 2006-2016 as part the San Francisco Bay Area Network Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Program. Monitoring involves annual summer-fall sampling of permanent photoquadrats, ochre star (Pisaster ochraceus) transects, surfgrass (Phyllospadix spp.) transects, mussel beds, motile invertebrates, and owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) plots. This dataset also includes legacy photoplot and seastar data collected at Golden Gate NRA from 1989-2005. Permanent photoplots (50 x 75 cm) are established in target assemblages (i.e. barnacles, mussels, turfweed, etc.) and percent cover of the major taxa within these photoplots is assessed using photographic analysis or field scoring. Owl limpet plots were established in 2016 at one site (Pt. Bonita), while motile invertebrate surveys were discontinued in 2014 at all sites.
- Type
- Tabular Dataset
- Authors
- San Francisco Bay Area Network
- Date of Issue
- 2017-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GOGA , PORE , SFAN
- Keywords
- Application Inventory Registry, monitoring, Rocky intertidal
Other versions
- Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Datasets for the San Francisco Bay Area Network: 2006-2024 - Data Package
- Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Datasets for the San Francisco Bay Area Network: 2006-2023 - Data Package
- SFAN Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Dataset