Channel Islands, Kelp Forest Monitoring, Survey, 5m Quadrat

This dataset from the Channel Islands National Park s Kelp Forest Monitoring Program has measurements of the abundance of selected rare, clumped, sedentary indicator species. The summary data presented here represents the mean density per square meter. Sampling is conducted annually between the months of May-October, so the Time data in this file is July 1 of each year (a nominal value). The original measurements were taken at various depths, so the Depth data in this file is the depth of the station s temperature logger, which is a typical depth.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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language {en-US}
modified 2008-06-11
programCode {006:057}
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temporal 1996-07-01T00:00:00+00:00/2007-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • adult
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • aquatic
  • atmosphere
  • biological
  • biological-classification-plants-macroalgae-seaweeds
  • biology
  • biosphere
  • biosphere-aquatic-ecosystems-coastal-habitat
  • biosphere-aquatic-ecosystems-marine-habitat
  • channel
  • cinp
  • ckan
  • classification
  • coastal
  • density
  • depth
  • ecosystems
  • forest
  • geo
  • geoss
  • giganteus
  • habitat
  • identifier
  • islands
  • kelp
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • macroalgae
  • macrocystis
  • marine
  • mean
  • monitoring
  • national
  • noaa-nmfs-swfsc-erd-http-www-pfel-noaa-gov
  • north-america
  • pisaster
  • plants
  • pyrifera
  • quadrat
  • seaweeds
  • station
  • statistics
  • stddev
  • stderr
  • subadult
  • survey
  • time
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
maintainer_email Roy.Mendelssohn@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T09:24:13.310486
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T09:24:13.310491
notes This dataset from the Channel Islands National Park s Kelp Forest Monitoring Program has measurements of the abundance of selected rare, clumped, sedentary indicator species. The summary data presented here represents the mean density per square meter. Sampling is conducted annually between the months of May-October, so the Time data in this file is July 1 of each year (a nominal value). The original measurements were taken at various depths, so the Depth data in this file is the depth of the station s temperature logger, which is a typical depth.
num_resources 6
num_tags 50
title Channel Islands, Kelp Forest Monitoring, Survey, 5m Quadrat