Dataset: Kelp Forest Database
Deployment: lab_UCSC_Carr

Citation-based repository for knowledge of species in kelp forest ecosystem of Central and Southern CA
Principal Investigator: 
Mark Carr (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Jennifer Caselle (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB-MSI)
James A. Estes (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)
Philip S. Levin (Northwest Fisheries Science Center - Seattle, NOAA NWFSC)
Tim Tinker (United States Geological Survey, USGS)
Contact: 
Mark Novak (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Project: 
Current State: 
Preliminary and in progress
Version: 
16 May 2012
Version Date: 
2012-05-16
Data URL:
 https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/455191/data

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Description

The CAMEO Kelp Forest Database is a citation-based repository for knowledge of the identities, life-histories, and interactions between the species present in the nearshore kelp forest ecosystems of the eastern Pacific, focusing in particular on central and southern California.At present the database consists of two parts: (i) The database-proper (a MySQL database housed on a server at UCSC) and (ii) an online interface to the database, accessible to anyone with an internet connection, built to permit multiple users to enter information into the database simultaneously.

To access the Kelp Forest Database, visit http://kelpforest.ucsc.edu/ (Note: At this point in time the online interface is designed only for manual data-entry. The goal is to add batch-importing, data visualization, and data exporting utilities in the future.) Read/Write/Export access to the database interface currently requires user registration. Read-only access is available to anyone using a visitor account.

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