Dataset: Counts of seastars and chiton in quadrats and swaths, north-central California coast: Andrew Molean State Park to Manchester State Park from 2005-2014 (CHIPS project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2014-10-13 (2014-10-13)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: Brian Gaylord (University of California - Davis: Bodega Marine Laboratory)

Co-Principal Investigator: Michael N. Dawson (University of California-Merced)

Co-Principal Investigator: Richard K. Grosberg (University of California-Davis)

Student, Contact: Laura J. Jurgens (University of California - Davis: Bodega Marine Laboratory)

Student, Contact: Lauren Schiebelhut (University of California-Merced)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Ecological & genetic recovery from a massive invertebrate die-off along the central coast of California (CHIPS)

Twenty accessible rocky intertidal sites were selected to span the ‘kill-zone’ and peripheral locations (see list of sites in Jurgens et al. submitted). Two rocky intertidal areas were sampled per site, usually one on either side of the point of entry onto the beach and separated by approximately 100 m. We used quadrats (1m2 [4 * 0.25 m^2] or 0.0625 m^2) and swaths (2 m wide transects) to estimate juvenile and adult abundance for each target species.

This data set includes counts of Pisaster ochraceusCryptochiton stelleri and Leptasterias sp. in quadrats and swaths along the California coast from 37.9 N to 38.9 N.

Access Restriction: Access to these data are restricted until publication of the associated manuscript, which is currently in review at PLOS ONE. [2015-02-05]

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Dataset: CHIPS02 - seastar chiton urchin counts in quadrats
Dawson, M. N., Gaylord, B., Grosberg, R. K. (2022) Comparison of recruitment dynamics in five intertidal marine invertebrates following mass mortality along the northeastern Pacific coastline in 2005 (CHIPS project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2015-08-06 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.562467.1

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