Kelp Forest Transect Surveys - Sonoma and Mendocino County, Northern California Coast

Kelp Forest Transect Surveys conducted along 30x2m transects on rocky reef habitats from 0-60 ft depth in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, Northern California. The data set includes depth of transect; number, size and species of abalone and urchins; number of associated species and predators; substrate type; percent cover of algal type along a 30x2m transect. Transect locations are identified by latitude and longitude at sampling and are stratified into 4 depth ranges: 0-15ft, 16-30ft, 31-45ft, and 46-60ft. This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000061. For more information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data.

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