Dataset: Tagged kelp size and depth

Name: Kelp plant size, holdfast size, and depth from five transects at three sites in Santa Barbara Channel, 2015 to 2017
Published: 2018-05-23
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.737347.1

Spatial Extent: N:34.4109 E:-119.7284 S:34.3935 W:-119.8707

Temporal Extent: 2015-07-02 - 2017-10-23

Project:

Linking nearshore kelp forest dynamics to sandy beach ecosystems (Linking Kelp to Beaches)

Principal Investigator:

Jenifer E. Dugan (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB-MSI)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Robert Miller (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB-MSI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2018-05-23

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Kelp plant size, holdfast size, and depth from five transects at three sites in Santa Barbara Channel, 2015 to 2017

Abstract:

This dataset reports depth and size of kelp found along five transects in Santa Barbara Channel in summer of 2015 and 2016, and fall of 2017.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2018-05-23	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.737347.1	2019-02-22

Description

This dataset reports depth and size of kelp found along five transects in Santa Barbara Channel in summer of 2015 and 2016, and fall of 2017.

Methods & Sampling

The holdfasts of live attached kelp plants were tagged by divers with individually numbered drift cards along cross-shore transects at three reefs in each of three years. Data on the number of fronds, holdfast size, and depth were collected on each tagged plant.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
- replaced spaces with underscores
- reordered columns to conform to database practices

Data Files

File
kelp_size.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 86.10 KB) MD5:455410d5c26281b2b0dc1df99086870c Primary data file for dataset ID 737347

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1458845

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Dugan_UCSB_2015-2017		2015-07-02	lab_UCSB	Jenifer E. Dugan (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Site	Unique site name	unitlesss	site
Month	The month that the survey was done; local time	unitlesss	month
Day	Day of survey	unitlesss	day
Year	The year that the survey was done	unitlesss	year
Transect	Identifier for one of 5 cross-shore transects within the study reef. The transect number is determined by the order from the starting point.	unitlesss	transect
Tag_id	A unique tag number identifying an individual kelp plant	unitlesss	tagid
Depth_ft	A number representing the water depth of a tagged plant	feet	depth
depth_m	The water depth of a tagged plant	meters	depth
Distance_m	A number representing the distance along the transect of a tagged plant	meters	no_bcodmo_term
Fronds_1_m	A number representing the number of fronds present on a tagged plant at 1 meter height	meters	count
Max_diameter_1_cm	A number representing the maximum diameter of the holdfast of a tagged kelp plant	centimeters	diameter
Orthogonal_diameter_cm	A number representing the maximum diameter of the holdfast of a tagged kelp plant	centimeters	diameter