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Characterization of Human Uses and the Socioeconomic Dimensions, California N...
The primary goal of this project was to inform long-term marine protected area (MPA) monitoring efforts by gathering up-to-date socioeconomic information to illustrate... -
Citizen Scientist Monitoring of Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California Nort...
RCCA volunteer citizen scientists conducted 18 visual scuba transects at each monitoring site to survey densities and sizes of ecologically and economically important fish,... -
Characterization of Seabirds, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014...
We completed four distinct projects to collect baseline data at varying spatial and temporal scales. First, we used data from aerial photographic surveys conducted from... -
Characterization of Sandy Beaches and Adjacent Surf Zones, California North C...
We combined taxonomically detailed surveys of macroinvertebrates and birds with targeted sampling of regionally important focal taxa including surf zone fishes, kelp and sand... -
ROV Surveys of the Mid-depth and Deep Subtidal Ecosystems, California North C...
Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE) preformed quantitative baseline surveys within the NCSR in 2014 and 2015 with the overall goal to describe the condition of three... -
Nearshore Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California North Coast MPA Baseline S...
Here we provide one of the first systematic, “snapshot” surveys of the entire North Coast Study Region, from the Oregon border to the headland at Point Arena. Our attempt was to... -
Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2001 ...
The South Coast Study Region (SCSR) encompasses a broad section of southern California including both mainland and island coastal regions. The exceptionally high diversity of... -
Spatial and Economic Human Uses, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 1...
This study addresses the South Coast MPA Baseline Program objectives by describing human use patterns across the study region and establishing initial data points for long-term...
