Monitoring of rocky intertidal communities of Redwood National and State Parks, California: 2006-2007 annual report.
Ammann KN, Raimondi PT, Lohse D. 2009. Monitoring of rocky intertidal communities of Redwood National and State Parks, California: 2006-2007 annual report.. Natural Resource Technical Report. Natural Resources Technical Report NPS/KLMN/NRTR—2009/274. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report presents the results of two years, 2006 and 2007, of monitoring the rocky intertidal community at three sites within the Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) in Del Norte County, California. These sites are part of MARINe (Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network), a regional intertidal monitoring network sponsored by the Minerals Management Service (MMS), with additional funding and support from local and state governments, universities, and private organizations (see www.marine.gov). Funding for RNSP sampling is provided by the NPS through a collaborative agreement with the University of California at Santa Cruz. This monitoring program, adapted from MARINe protocols, was designed to identify and follow temporal trends in populations of specific indicator organisms. A twice-yearly sampling included: 1) permanent plots to monitor important sessile invertebrate and algal species, 2) plots to monitor the ochre star (Pisaster ochraceus), and 3) transects to monitor surfgrass (Phyllospadix spp.). These data are used to describe seasonal and annual community changes and explore broader spatial and temporal trends. The Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Program is off to a successful start, with a comprehensive, field-tested protocol; 2 years of data collected during the development phase (2004 and 2005); and 3 years of full project implementation. The procedures for data collection, data management, data analysis, and reporting appear to be working well with no expected revisions to the protocol needed. This report and subsequent annual reports for the intertidal monitoring program are intended primarily as administrative reports. More comprehensive trend analyses of the data will be included in the program’s 5-year reports, the first of which will be completed after the 2011 field season.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ammann, Karah; Raimondi, Peter; Lohse, David
- Date of Issue
- 2009-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KLMN , NRSS , REDW
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Distribution (Biodiversity), Intertidal Monitoring, Inventory And Monitoring, Klamath, Marine, Monitoring, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Redwood State and National Parks, Rocky Intertidal, Taxa Links To Datasets