Dataset: Citation-based repository for knowledge of species in the kelp forest ecosystem of Central and Southern CA maintained by the Long Marine Lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz from 2010-2013

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.