Description
Long-Term Monitoring and Biodiversity Surveys done by the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) occur throughout the year at sites ranging from Southeast Alaska to Mexico. Long Term Monitoring surveys assess within-site community change over time, while Biodiversity surveys were designed to capture among-site patterns of community structure (abundance and spatial distribution of species). In combination, the long-term, targeted species approach and the biodiversity surveys provide a wealth of information about the structure and dynamics of rocky intertidal communities along the Pacific Coast of North America.
This metadata record documents the Sea Star and Katharina Survey data for MARINe Long-Term Monitoring surveys. Sea Star and Katharina surveys are done by recording the number of a specific organism found in a permanent plot at a given site.
Please note that species of concern have been removed from all public datasets, as well as data from sites funded by the National Park Service (NPS) and the United States Navy. For a comprehensive dataset, please contact the data set owner(s). For more information about the data described in this metadata record, please visit pacificrockyintertidal.org.
The long-term California MPA boundary and project info tables referenced in this dataset can be found as a separate dataset here: https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi:10.25494/P6V884
The source data for this dataset can be found here: https://data.piscoweb.org/metacatui/view/doi:10.6085/AA/marine_ltm.4.13
Data Records
The data in this occurrence 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 21,933 records.
1 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.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe), Partnership Interdisciplinary Studies Coastal Oceans for of (PISCO), Pete Raimondi, Richard Ambrose, Jack Engle, Jennifer Burnaford, Jayson Smith, Jenn Caselle, Jenny Waddell, Megan Dethier, Darren Fong, Ben Becker, Steven Fradkin, Heath Bohlmann, Melissa Miner, Jessica Curran, Lauren Pandori, Stephen Whitaker, & Jan Roletto. (2024). MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Long-Term Monitoring Surveys: Sea Stars and Katharina. PISCO MN. doi:10.6085/AA/marine_ltm.4.13.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is United States Geological Survey. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 9608a10c-092d-4885-ac17-fa07d4c7cd8d. United States Geological Survey publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Ocean; Intertidal Processes; Intertidal Zone; Marine Biology; Marine Invertebrates; Marine Plants; Marine Habitat; Biosphere; Aquatic Habitats; Coastal Habitat; Community Survey Data; Intertidal Data; Intertidal Community Survey Data; Intertidal Community Structure Data; PISCO intertidal; 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; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Long Term Monitoring surveys are done at sites ranging from southeast Alaska to southern California. For more information see http://pacificrockyintertidal.org
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [33.385, -135.323], North East [57.049, -118.475] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1992-02-29 / 2023-12-15 |
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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
| Title | Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network |
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| Identifier | MARINe |
| Funding | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, National Park Service, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, State of California Ocean Protection Council, United States Navy |
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Sampling Methods
Species Count and Size sampling is done by recording the number of a specific organism found in a permanent plot at a given site. For some species, size is also recorded. 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
| Study Extent | Long Term Monitoring surveys are done at sites ranging from southeast Alaska to southern California. For more information see http://pacificrockyintertidal.org |
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Method step description:
- The number of sea stars and Katharina are monitored within either band transects or irregular plots. For some species, size is also recorded. In general, 3 replicates are monitored per site. Specific information regarding the plot area and number of replicates can be found on the sea star plot info table.
Additional Metadata
We encourage collaborative (co-authorship) efforts with MARINe scientists, and request that you discuss your analyses with us to minimize duplicative efforts and ensure that you are aware of any data oddities that might affect your results. Please provide us with copies of any data products that result from use of these data. Please acknowledge MARINe in all publications containing these data. Because MARINe is a consortium of different groups, please also acknowledge the research groups that collected these data and the funding groups associated with these data, by using a statement similar to the following: 'This study utilized data collected by the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe): a long-term ecological consortium funded and supported by many groups. Please visit pacificrockyintertidal.org for a complete list of the MARINe partners responsible for monitoring and funding these data. Data management has been primarily supported by BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management), NPS (National Park Service), The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and United States Navy.' Please send copies of any published manuscript based on these data to the MARINe Program Coordinator (pacificr@ucsc.edu) and the PISCO Program Coordinator (PISCO-contact@lists.oregonstate.edu). Extensive efforts are made to ensure that online data are accurate and up to date, but the authors and MARINe will not take responsibility for any errors that may exist in data provided online. Furthermore, the user assumes all responsibility for errors in analysis or judgement resulting from use of the data.
| Maintenance Description | This research project is ongoing. Data will be updated by the data provider approximately annually. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 9608a10c-092d-4885-ac17-fa07d4c7cd8d |
| https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=marine_ltm_seastar_katharina_count |