MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Swath Surveys Summarized

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 697 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe), Partnership Interdisciplinary Studies Coastal Oceans for of (PISCO), Hakai Institute, & Pete Raimondi. (2025). MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Swath Surveys Summarized. PISCO MN. doi:10.6085/AA/marine_cbs.11.13.

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Ocean Intertidal Processes Intertidal Zone Marine Biology Marine Invertebrates Marine Plants Marine Habitat Biosphere Aquatic Habitats Coastal Habitat; Baseline MPA monitoring Long-term MPA monitoring Marine Protected Area (MPA) Biological data Central Coast North Central Coast North Coast South Coast Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) Algae Invertebrates; Community Survey Data Intertidal Data Intertidal Community Survey Data Intertidal Coastal Biodiversity Survey SWAT Survey; Samplingevent

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Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Biodiversity Surveys are done at sites ranging from southeast Alaska to Baja California, Mexico. For more information see https://pacificrockyintertidal.org

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

MARINe is a partnership of agencies, universities, and private groups who conduct long-term monitoring of rocky intertidal ecosystems on the US West Coast

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Swath sampling consists of recording the number of seastars and other large invertebrates in a two meter wide band centered over each transect. The location (to the nearest half meter along the transect), number, and species names are recorded. Intertidal surveys are comprised of four components, all sampled along the same transects: (1) point contact estimates of intertidal cover and substrate characteristics, (2) swath transects to estimate the density of seastars and abalone, (3) quadrat sampling to estimate the density of mobile invertebrates, and (4) topography (elevation relative to mean low low water (mllw)). Please note that these data do not reflect all species present in a given area. In addition, the information in this Data Set is limited by the methods described in our survey protocols. For more information, see pacificrockyintertidal.org

Method step description:

1. https://marine.ucsc.edu/biodiversityprotocol.pdf

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