Dataset: Kelp study transect locations
Deployment: Dugan_UCSB_2015-2017

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)

Project:

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

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Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/737387/data

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Description

This dataset reports starting and ending locations of transects in Santa Barbara Channel used to study the transport and fate of tagged kelp plants on three nearshore reefs, in summer of 2015 and 2016, and fall of 2017.

Methods & Sampling

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BCO-DMO Processing Notes:

Version 2 [2019-02-07] replaced version 1 [2018-05-23]. Some lat and lon corrections, and missing locations were added.
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
- changed site 'IV' to 'Isla_Vista'

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Funding

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

Instruments

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Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Site	Unique site name	unitlesss	site
Transect	A number representing one of 5 cross-shore transects within the study reef. The transect number is determined by the order from the starting point.	unitlesss	transect
lat_start	Starting latitude of transect	decimal degrees	lat_start
lon_start	Starting longitude of transect	decimal degrees	lon_start
lat_end	Ending latitude of transect	decimal degrees	lat_end
lon_end	Ending longitude of transect	decimal degrees	lon_end
length_transect	Total length of transect	meters	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: Kelp study transect locations
Deployment: Dugan_UCSB_2015-2017