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Oceanographic Context for Characterization and Future Evaluation, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, RTF, CSV, TXT

Marine ecosystems along the North Coast of California exist in a highly energetic and variable oceanographic environment that strongly influences the ...

Nearshore Substrate Mapping Change Analysis using Multispectral Imagery, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2012

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, XLSX, GEOTIFF

Three remote sensing datasets were utilized to create the final substrate map products: 1) 4-banded imagery collected in June, October and November of...

Characterization of Human Uses and the Socioeconomic Dimensions, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 1992 to 2014

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XML

The primary goal of this project was to inform long-term marine protected area (MPA) monitoring efforts by gathering up-to-date socioeconomic informat...

Characterization of Seabirds, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, TXT, XML

We completed four distinct projects to collect baseline data at varying spatial and temporal scales. First, we used data from aerial photographic surv...

Use of Estuarine, Intertidal, and Subtidal Habitats by Seabirds, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2013

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, TXT

Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. During the breeding season, seabirds are cen...

Spatial and Economic Human Uses, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 1992 to 2012

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV, XML

This study addresses the South Coast MPA Baseline Program objectives by describing human use patterns across the study region and establishing initial...

Methodological comparison of multiple MPA rocky ecosystem monitoring techniques

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF

California recently completed the implementation of a large network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the state via legislation called the Marin...

MPA Monitoring Site Selection Proceedings 20180510

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF

Proceedings of the January 12, 2018 workshop to inform the development of MPA site selection for statewide long-term MPA monitoring Action Plan....

Estuarine & Wetland Ecosystems Monitoring

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF

A report prepared for the California Ocean Science Trust on the first steps in developing an approach to leveraging existing monitoring programs...

Central Coast State of the Region Report All Habitats 2007-2012

  • Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Last updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • File types: PDF

State of the Central Coast Region-Results from Baseline Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas 2007-2012. Learn about the biological, ecological, oceano...