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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of giant kelp forest community dynamics (KFCD) | Data on the abundance (density or percent cover), size and biomass of ~250 species of kelp forest algae, invertebrates and fish, and the type and percent cover of bottom substrate are collected annually in summer within replicate 40 m x 2 m permanent transects at 11 sites in the Santa Barbara Channel (n = 2 to 8 transects per site). Data collection began in the summer of 2000 and continues annually to provide information on community structure, population dynamics and species change. Measurements of the bottom topography of each transect collected on a single occasion are also included. |
KFCD percent cover of algae and invertebrates
KFCD percent cover of bottom substrate and sand depth KFCD abundance and size of reef fish KFCD abundance and size of giant kelp KFCD abundance of algae and invertebrates KFCD Biomass of algae, invertebrates and fish KFCD bottom topography Master species list |
| SBC LTER: 15-year (2008-2023) long-term experiment of kelp removal (LTE KR) | This collection includes data from a 15-year (2008-2023) experiment designed to test the ecological consequences of increased storm disturbance on the structure, dynamics and productivity of the kelp forest community. The experiment consists of paired plots at five kelp forest sites located along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel. Increased disturbance frequency was simulated in one of the plots in each pair by removing giant kelp annually in winter while the other plot serves as a control that experiences natural levels of disturbance. A continual kelp removal treatment embedded with the kelp removal plot allowed the effects of giant kelp on the community to be evaluated. Changes in the kelp forest community were measured 1 to 2 times per season. The experimental removal of giant kelp ended in winter 2016 or 2017 (depending on the site) and sampling continued in all plots until spring 2023 to document the trajectory of recovery of the reef community from experimental kelp removal. |
LTE KR - Percent cover of algae and invertebrates
LTE KR - Percent cover of substrate and sand depth LTE KR - Abundance and size of giant kelp LTE KR - Abundance and size of reef fish LTE KR - Abundance of algae and invertebrates LTE KR - Biomass of algae, invertebrates and fish LTE KR - Biomass of macroalgal detritus LTE KR - Sea urchin size structure LTE KR - Understory kelp allometrics LTE KR transects - Bottom topography LTE KR - Net primary production of macroalgae Hourly irradiance, surface and seafloor |
| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of monthly fish survey at three sites | The monthly survey on the abundance and size of fish species, began in 2000 at three reef sites (Arroyo Burro, Arroyo Quemado, Mohawk) located along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel. In the surveys, fish were counted in 40x2m benthic quadrat, and in the water parcel 0-2m off the bottom over the same area |
Monthly abundance and size of reef fish
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of net primary production of giant kelp | This collection includes an ongoing time series of net primary production (NPP), growth, standing crop and loss rates for the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, that are appropriate for examining seasonal and inter-annual patterns. Sampling is conducted monthly at three reef sites, and began in 2002. Data sets supporting modeled loss parameters are included (blade content, lifespan, loss and DOC exudation). Data on the allometry and lifespan of giant kelp fronds, the turnover of blades, and photosynthetic characteristics of blades are also provided. |
Giant kelp NPP
Giant kelp carbon and nitrogen content Giant kelp DOC exudation Giant kelp blade characteristics Giant kelp blade loss dynamics Giant kelp blade lifespan Giant kelp frond allometry |
| SBC LTER: Ongoing and long-term time-series of satellite and aerial estimates of giant kelp biomass | Historical estimates of giant kelp canopy biomass along the coast of California from aerial based surveys (1958-2006) and ongoing estimates of giant kelp biomass derived from satellite imagery (1984-present). The effects of envionmental drivers on kelp biomass are also included in this collection. |
Giant kelp canopy biomass from aerial overflights
Kelp canopy chlorophyll to carbon ratio Kelp biomass and environmental drivers Kelp canopy area and biomass from Landsat Landsat 8 chlorophyll Kelp blade reflectance California kelp and environment |
| SBC LTER: Spiny lobster in California | Annual data on the abundance and size of California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus, and monthly estimates of lobster trap density during the lobster fishing season at five sites along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel. |
Lobster abundance, size and fishing pressure
Lobster foraging on purple urchin Fishery impacts on lobster Lobster MPA trap data |
| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of benthic composition experiment (BCE) | This experiment seeks to explore how competition between understory algae and benthic invertebrates drive ecosystem form and function on our coastal reefs. Sampling is conducted at 7 sites, and every 3 months. At each of the site, two 6-m circular plots with 50 x 70 cm rock plates were deployed. The datasets are collected from 12 adjacent control quads, 12 PVC recruitment plates (10 x 10 cm), 6 recruitment brushes, and one photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) light sensor. |
BCE benthic survey
BCE brush composition BCE hourly light |
| SBC LTER: Sea urchins in California | Time series and laboratory data on sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Mesocentrotus franciscanus). The collection includes data on: (1) biweekly settlement of larval sea urchins and other invertebrates at four locations in southern California and one location in northern California from 1990 present, (2) the effects of dietary composition on purple sea urchin consumption, growth, and gonad weight, (3) the effects of purple sea urchin egg concentration on fertilization success, and (4) sea urchin forage rate. Ongoing time-series data on the size, abundance and biomass of sea urchins are provided in the SBC data collections ‘Giant kelp forest community dynamics (KFCD)’ and ‘Long-term experiment of kelp removal (LTE KR)’. |
Larval Settlement
Diet effects in the Purple Sea Urchin, 2011 Effect of egg concentration on purple sea urchin fertilization Sea urchin foraging rates |
| SBC LTER: Long-term time-series of Santa Cruz Island reef community structure | Long-term data on the community structure of shallow reefs at Santa Cruz Island, including abundance of selected fish and their food (algae) resources, benthic cover, density of kelp and occurrence of the sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides. Surveys began in 1982 and ended in 2015. |
SCI abundance and age structure of Surfperch and Garibaldi
SCI percent cover of algae, invertebrates and bottom substrate SCI biomass of macroalgae SCI abundance and size of giant kelp Santa Cruz Island: Black surfperch and prey, density effects SCI abundance of black surfperch and prey (1994-2008) SCI abundance of Pycnopodia helianthoides |
| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of CTD and water chemistry profiles | Profiles of seawater constituents collected by CTD and water sampling at our nearshore reef stations have been ongoing since November 2000. Rosette bottle profiles include associated CTD parameters. |
Nearshore CTD and Rosette Bottle Profiles
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of moored ADCP, CTD, and Temperature | Currents and hydrography data have been collected at several reef sites since 2001 to observe patterns of transport and processing. Sites are located on the outer edge of kelp forests in 10 - 16 m of water. Instruments include: bottom-mounted acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP), CTD mounted near the surface, and thermistors mounted at bottom, midwater and near the surface. Data were aggregated into 1 m bins and interpolated onto a 20 min grid. |
Moored CTD and ADCP: ALE
Moored CTD and ADCP: ARQ Moored CTD and ADCP: NAP Moored CTD and ADCP: MKO Moored CTD and ADCP: CAR Moored CTD and ADCP: SBH |
| SBC LTER: Other moored instruments | Currents and hydrography data have been collected intermittently at several reef sites. Instruments deployed intermittently include: bottom-mounted acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP), CTD mounted in mid-water and thermistors mounted at bottom, mid-water and near the surface. Data were aggregated into 1 m bins and interpolated onto a 20 min grid. |
Mooring AQ inactive - AQM, close by ARQ
Mooring Arroyo Burro |
| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of moored Temperature at Northern Channel Island sites | Temperature data have been collected at 21 nearshore sites along the Northern Channel islands in the Santa Barbara Channel. This is a joined effor between SBC and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS). The sites are ~15 m deep. Data were aggregated into hourly average. |
Hourly temperature at 21 island sites
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of high resolution temperature | This collection includes an ongoing time series of high resolution temperature at Mohawk and Arroyo Quemado, with three sites each (inshore, offshore, and east of reef). Temperature was recorded at 1-meter interval along the water column, and the sampling interval is 2 minutes. |
High resolution temperature near MKO and ARQ
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of pH from SeaFETs and dissolved oxygen from miniDots | SeaFET and miniDOT instruments have been deployed at various SBC reefs starting in 2011. Time series are of pH, calibrated to benchmark water samples, and dissolved oxygen paired by mooring. pH, salinity, and TA values of benchmark water samples are also available for mooring stations, and from other subtidal and intertidal stations. |
pH SeaFET for all sites
Dissolved oxygen for all sites Benchmark water samples pH for field calibration |
| SBC LTER: Completed time-series of pH from SeaFETs and dissolved oxygen from miniDots | Completed time series calibrated pH (Total scale, SeaFET sensor) an disolved oxygen (miniDOT) data that were collected at three reefs and Santa Barbara Harbor along the mainland. Associated carbonate chemistry parameters were calculated with the CO2calc programs from USGS. The update for the data packages are terminated, and now the pH and dissolved oxygen data are reformated and updated in the "Ongoing time-series of pH from SeaFETs and dissolved oxygen from miniDots" collection. |
pH, 20-min SeaFET at AQR, arroyo Quemado
pH, 20-min SeaFET at MKO, Mohawk Reef pH, 20-min SeaFET at SBH, Santa Barbara Harbor/Stearns Wharf pH, 20-min SeaFET at ALE, Alegria Reef |
| Santa Barbara Harbor: Long term surface temperature (reference) | Surface seawater temperature collected daily at Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, CA, starting in 1955, and is currently supported by the Scripps Insitution of Oceanography Manual Shore Stations program. |
Surface temperature, Santa Barbara Harbor
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| SBC LTER: Sea otters in California | Location, number and behavior of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in the Santa Barbara Channel observed during other SBC sampling events. |
Sea otter sightings, Santa Barbara Channel area
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of abiotic variables in kelp forests | Ongoing measurements of abiotic variables at SBC’s long-term kelp forest study sites. This collection includes data on surface and seafloor irradiance, bottom temperature, wind, and waves. |
Daily CDIP Hs and Tp for SBC mainland sites
Hourly irradiance, surface and seafloor PAR sensor comparison Reef bottom water temperature Wind data around Santa Barbara Sea Surface Temperature in SB channel |
| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of macroalgal wrack | Composition, cover and biomass of macroalgal wrack in the intertidal zone of selected sandy beaches |
Time series of wrack cover and biomass at selected beaches
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of beach birds and stranded kelp | Abundance and species richness of birds, abundance of stranded kelp plants and holdfasts, humans and dogs during monthly surveys |
Beach birds and stranded kelp
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of beach macroinvertebrates | Composition, count and biomass of macroinvertebrates in the intertidal zone of selected sandy beaches |
Macroinvertebrates counts and biomass
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| Daily precipitation at UCSB200 (reference) | Precipitation data collected daily from 1951 - 2008, by the Santa Barbara County Public Works Deptartment and updated annually. High frequency data from this station (UCSB200) starting in 2000 is also available. |
Daily precipitation at UCSB (SB County stn 200)
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| SBC LTER: Completed time-series of high-frequency precipitation | Between 2002 and 2018, SBC had collected high-frequency precipitation data at 15-25 stations (site coverage varies by year). |
Precipitation: CP201, Carpinteria at Veddar's Ranch
Precipitation: EL201,El Capitan at State Beach Precipitation: EL202, El Capitan at Upper Bill Wallace Trail Precipitation: GB201, Gobernador at Veddar's Ranch Precipitation: GV201, Gaviota at Hwy 101 N rest stop Precipitation: GV202, Gaviota at Las Cruces School Precipitation: HO201, Arroyo Hondo at East Avocado Orchard Precipitation: HO202, Arroyo Hondo at Upper Outlaw Trail Precipitation: RG201, Refugio at State Park Precipitation: RG202, Refugio at Lower Aguacitos Ranch Precipitation: RG203, Refugio at Upper Aguacitos Ranch Precipitation: RG204, Refugio at Rancho La Scherpa |
| Santa Barbara County: Precipitation from Santa Barbara County FCD stations | In 2001, SBC began archiving data high frequency precipitation data from the Santa Barbara County Flood Control District (FCD). Legacy data from these (and other) sites is also available. The SB Co. FCD station number is in parentheses. We had stopped the data update from these stations. |
County FCD Precipitation: Baron Ranch 262
County FCD Precipitation: Carpinteria Fire Station 208 County FCD Precipitation: Cater Water Treatment Plant 229 County FCD Precipitation: Cold Springs 210 County FCD Precipitation: Dos Pueblos Ranch 226 County FCD Precipitation: Doulton Tunnel 231 County FCD Precipitation: Edison Trail 252 County FCD Precipitation: El Deseo 255 County FCD Precipitation: Santa Barbara County Road Yard 211 County FCD Precipitation: KTYD227 County FCD Precipitation: Nojoqui Falls Park 236 County FCD Precipitation: San Marcos Pass USFS Stn 212 County FCD Precipitation: Santa Barbara Co. FCD Eng. Bldg 234 County FCD Precipitation: Stanwood Fire Station 228 County FCD Precipitation: Trout Club 242 County FCD Precipitation: UCSB 200 County FCD Precipitation: Gaviota State Park 301 County FCD Precipitation: Refugio Pass 429 County FCD Precipitation: Tecolote Canyon 280 County FCD Precipitation: Glen Annie Canyon 309 County FCD Precipitation: Goleta Fire Station 440 County FCD Precipitation: Goleta Water District 334 County FCD Precipitation: SB Caltrans Office 335 County FCD Precipitation: Botanic Garden 321 County FCD Precipitation: Carpinteria Fire Station 383 County FCD Precipitation: Montecito 325 County FCD Precipitation: Rancho San Julian 389 County FCD Precipitation: Buellton 233 Daily Precipitation (County Public Works Dept.) |
| NCDC climate catalogs | The National Climate Data Center (NCDC) provides a long record of several parameters Their catalog for sites in the Santa Barbara area is available through the links in this data package |
NCDC Climate Data
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| SBC LTER: Ongoing time-series of stream discharge | SBC has high-frequency discharge data these sites. Collection at Bell Canyon began in 2004 and at San Pedro in 2008. For all SBC sites, collection began with water-year 2002. At two sites (indicated) data collection is by USGS sites. These sites have ongoing data collections. | |
| SBC LTER: Stream discharge at SBC sites | Between 2002 and 2018, SBC collected high-frequency discharge data at several stations. Site coverage varies by year. These sites have historical data collections. |
Stream Discharge: AT07, Atascadero Creek (2005-2008)
Stream Discharge: AB00, Arroyo Burro Creek Stream Discharge: BC02, Bell Canyon Creek Stream Discharge: CP00, Carpinteria Creek (2002-2006) Stream Discharge: GV01, Gaviota Creek Stream Discharge: DV01, Deveraux Creek (2004-2006) Stream Discharge: FK00, Franklin Creek (2002-2008) Stream Discharge: HO00, Arroyo Hondo Stream Discharge: MC00, Mission Creek at bridge Stream Discharge: ON02, San Onofre Creek (2005-2010) Stream Discharge: RN01, Rincon Creek (2005-2008) Stream Discharge: MC06, Mission Creek at Rocky Nook (USGS) Stream Discharge: SM01, Santa Monica Creek, Via Real (2003-2006) Stream Discharge: RG01, Refugio Creek Stream Discharge: RS02, Rattlesnake Creek Stream Discharge: SM04, Santa Monica Creek, upstream (2004-2005) Stream Discharge: SP02, San Pedro Creek (USGS) Stream Discharge: TE03, Tecolotito Creek (2004-2006) |
| SBC LTER: Time-series of stream chemistry | Analytes sampled in the SBC streams include major dissolved nutrients, particulates, cations, anions, and occasionally stable isotopes. A number of watersheds with different land uses are sampled. Sampling frequency depends on flow conditions. |
Stream Chemistry
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| SBC LTER: Kelp forest food webs | Information pertaining to kelp forest food webs including: (1) carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data for key reef consumers and their potential food sources (macroalgae, phytoplankton, terrestrial POM macroalgae), and (2) feeding relationships among common kelp forest taxa derived from the literature. |
C, N and H isotopes in algae, terrestrial and oceanic POM
C, N and H isotopes in epibenthic suspension feeders Kelp forest food web Stable isotopes in reef food webs Kelp and invertebrate isotope labeling experiment Organic materials in debris flow |
| SBC LTER: Measurements and relationships for converting abundance to biomass for kelp forest species | Raw data and relationships for converting abundance of kelp forest species to biomass. These relationships have been applied to long-term measures of percent cover or density and size annually at each SBC LTER reef transect and seasonally at SBC LTER long-term kelp removal experiment transects. |
Biomass relationships for kelp forest species
Invertebrate biomass relationships Giant kelp frond morphology |
| SBC LTER: Organism biomass across kelp biomass gradient | This collection include data rerepresenting the biomass of 225 different species recorded at non-core sites. Sites differer across a gradient in kelp variability, from sites with highly persistent kelp to sites where kelp biomass fluctuates regularly. |
Species biomass at non-core sites
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| SBC LTER: Image analysis in photo quad | Could-based image analysis technique has been used in SBCLTER for quad survey that has been done paralleled to the Kelp Forest Community Dynamics (KFCD) collection. |
LTER annual benthic photo quad
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| SBC LTER: Net primary production of understory algae and phytoplankton | This collection includes data on primary production derived from in situ incubations of natural assemblages of understory algae and phytoplankton in giant kelp forests. It also provides laboratory measurements of photosynthetic parameters for common understory macroalgae. |
Benthic and phytoplankton production in treatment plots
Turf and foliose algal assemblages Photosynthesis parameters for macroalgae |
| SBC LTER: Giant kelp metapopulation dynamics | Patch delineations for southern California giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forests as determined using a combination of spatial autocorrelation and graph theory analyses applied to a 27-year times series of canopy biomass derived from Landsat satellite imagery. These patch delineations were used to calculate the area, biomass, and fecundity of kelp patches in southern California, and the demographic connectivity among them (based in part on spore dispersal times). Together the data in this collection were used to examine the metapopulation dynamics of giant kelp in southern California. |
Giant kelp patch definitions
Giant kelp patch area, biomass and fecundity Giant kelp spore dispersal times |
| SBC LTER: Giant kelp genetics | Microsatellite markers for giant kelp (collected from SBC LTER sites in 2006, 2009, and from 62 sites from Alaska to Baja California in 2014. |
Geospatial microsatellite markers, giant kelp
Giant kelp microsatellite markers 2014 Giant kelp microsatellite markers 2016 |
| SBC LTER: Microbial community in kelp forest | This collection includes genetic studies on microbial community in the kelp forest |
Bacterial communities on giant kelp
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| SBC LTER: Invasive species in kelp forests | Measurements of invasive species in kelp forests including recruitment of the invasive bryozoan, Watersipora subatra, and the occurrence and management of the invasive fucoid alga Sargassum horneri. Abundance of kelp forest species, including invasive species, is also monitored annually at each SBC LTER site in summer and seasonally as part of a long-term kelp removal experiment. |
Sargassum horneri sightings, California and Baja California
Sargassum horneri management Life history traits of Sargassum horneri Sargassum horneri Invasion Promotion Watersipora subatra recruitment, 2013-2015 |
| SBC LTER: Nitrogen sources, delivery, and utilization in kelp forests | Data from in situ and laboratory experiments on the availability of different forms of nitrogen (nitrate, ammonium, and urea) in coastal waters and bottom sediments and the uptake kinetics of these different nitrogen forms by giant kelp and phytoplankton. |
Surge nitrogen uptake in kelp
Nitrogen uptake by Giant kelp and phytoplankton Rapid sediment temperature profiles Rapid urea and ammonium in porewater and overlying water Rapid POM and grain size CTD and chemistry at Goleta pier Ammonium excretion rates of macroinvertebrates Nitrogen flux from kelp forest sediment |
| SBC LTER: Seasonal Channel-wide Cruises (2001-2006) - CTD/Rosette Profiles | CTD and rosette profile data were collected at >25 stations on 16 channel-wide cruises to survey hydrographic and biological parameters (e.g., nutrients, particulate carbon and nitrogen, and primary production). Cruises were conducted seasonally (2-3 times per year) on the R/V Pt Sur between 2001 and 2006. This collection is also complemented by Towed CTD Transects and shipboard meteorological and current data (see other collections for "Offshore Ocean"). |
Profiling CTD from cruise LTER01
Profiling CTD from cruise LTER02 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER03 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER04 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER05 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER06 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER07 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER08 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER09 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER10 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER11 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER12 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER13 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER14 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER15 Profiling CTD from cruise LTER16 |
| SBC LTER: Seasonal Channel-wide Cruises (2001-2006) - Towed CTD Transects | An undulating CTD package was towed along cross-channel and along-shore transects on 16 channel-wide cruises to survey hydrographic and biological parameters. Cruises were conducted seasonally (2-3 times per year) on the R/V Pt Sur between 2001 and 2006. This collection is also complemented by CTD/rosette bottle profiles and shipboard meteorological and current data (see other collections for "Offshore Ocean"). |
Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER01
Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER02 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER03 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER04 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER05 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER06 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER07 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER08 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER09 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER10 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER11 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER12 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER13 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER14 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER15 Towed vehicle CTD data from cruise LTER16 |
| SBC LTER: Seasonal Channel-wide Cruises (2001-2006) - R/V Pt. Sur ADCP, meteorology and sea surface data (UDAS) | Basic meterology, navigation and ADCP (current profiles) were continuously collected by the ship (R/V Pt Sur) on 16 channel-wide cruises to survey hydrographic and biological parameters. Cruises were conducted seasonally (2-3 times per year) between 2001 and 2006. This collection is also complemented by CTD/rosette bottle profiles and towed CTD transects (see other collections for "Offshore Ocean"). |
Underway data from cruise LTER01
Underway data from cruise LTER02 Underway data from cruise LTER03 Underway data from cruise LTER04 Underway data from cruise LTER05 Underway data from cruise LTER06 Underway data from cruise LTER07 Underway data from cruise LTER08 Underway data from cruise LTER09 Underway data from cruise LTER10 Underway data from cruise LTER11 Underway data from cruise LTER12 Underway data from cruise LTER13 Underway data from cruise LTER14 Underway data from cruise LTER15 Underway data from cruise LTER16 |
| SBC LTER: Cross-shelf phytoplankton and particulates with glider surveys | Autonomous glider deployments (2012 - 2013): sections of temperature, salinity, colored DOM, particulate backscatter and Chlorophyll fluorescence. |
Bio-optical glider cross-shelf sections
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| SBC LTER: Cross-shelf study | Oceanographic profiles of a cross-shelf transect collected to resolve the development of temporal and spatial gradients in organic and inorganic constituents and related microbial activity and community structure. |
Cross-shelf Study, CTD/Rosette Profiles
Plumes and Blooms oceanographic and phytoplankton |
| Coastal ocean pH variability in the context of global change biology | Studies of the variability of pH under different coastal regimes, to examine abiotic and biotic processes contributing to ocean acidification. Data using SeaFET instrumentation (Kapsenberg curriculum) |
Middle school curriculum to study ocean acidification
Moored SeaFET pH, SeaBird CTD and oxygen |
| SBC LTER: Beach wrack consumer study | Short term study (in situ or lab) of intertidal wrack consumer |
Wrack consumer zonation at Isla Vista, 2011-2012
Detritivore kelp consumption rates Mesocosm activity and pitfaII trapping Mean positions on spring and neap tides Invert community from 24 sandy beach sites |
| SBC LTER: Macroalgal wrack, IV 2005-2006 | Composition, cover and biomass of macroalgal wrack in the intertidal zone at Isla Vista Beach |
Cover and biomass at Isla Vista
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| SBC LTER: Beach porewater and wrack | Beach wrack along transects, and dissolved nutrients and salinity of porewaters in all intertidal zones at selected sandy beaches during 2003 |
Beach porewater 2003
Talitrid amphipod excretion |
| Pore water constituents and residence times, 2013 | Constituents of beach pore water and parameters for calculating residence times using Radon-222 |
Beach pore water constituents 2013
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| Nutrient concentrations and algae cover in the Ventura River catchment, 2008 | Macroalgal cover and nutrients during spring and summer 2008 at stream and estuarine sites (undeveloped, agricultural and urban) in the Ventura River catchment. |
Nutrients and algae cover, Ventura River catchment
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| Fire Perimeters, Santa Barbara area 2004 - 2009 | Four fires burned in areas facing the Santa Barbara Channel between 2004 and 2009. These datasets contain perimeters (greatest extent, as a KML polygon) assembled by the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group (GeoMAC). |
Gaviota Fire Perimeter, June 9, 2004
Gap Fire Perimeter, July 9, 2008 Tea Fire Perimeter, November 15, 2008 Jesuita Fire Perimeter, May 10, 2009 |
| SBC LTER: Modeling products applied in Southern California | Models that use regional data generated within SBCLTER and are applied to the Santa Barbara Coastal area |
ROMS model files and codes
Temperature to Nitrate Kelp spore dispersal times HFR-derived surface flow in SB channel |
| GIS and spatial data | GIS layers stored in Geodatabase. The layers describe the characteristics of the catchments along the southern coast of Santa Barbara County |
GIS layers in the Santa Barbara County
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| Integrated datasets collaborated with four regional projects | The data compilation comprises integrated datasets from four regional projects: SBC LTER, the kelp forest monitoring project, the San Nicolas Island project, and PISCO. Surveys encompass fish surveys, quad surveys, swath surveys, and point count surveys. |
SCB MBON fish
SCB MBON Quad and swath survey SCB MBON Benthic cover SCB MBON species table |