Abundance of Rocky Reef Fishes, Invertebrates and Algae, Reef Check California (RCCA), 2006 - 2017.

Data in this collection include the abundance of organisms observed during Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diver surveys conducted by Reef Check California (RCCA) volunteers in nearshore, rocky reef environments along the coast of California between 2006 and 2019. After completing training through RCCA, volunteer teams of divers select survey sites and perform surveys according to RCCA standard protocol. Since its inception in 2006, RCCA trained divers have conducted thousands of these surveys at hundreds of sites, including sites within more than 50 State Marine Reserves and State Marine Conservation Areas. At each site, buddy teams of divers conduct 18, 30 m x 2 m benthic transects to monitor...

Categories: Data; Tags: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA, Citizen science, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS), All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING, Long-term MPA monitoring, MPA, Marine Protected Area, OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN, OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, RCCA, Reef Check California, Rocky reef, SCUBA, Shallow subtidal, Uniform Point Contact survey, dataset, monitoring, Fewer tags