Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

07 Dec, 05 PM - 07 Dec, 10 PM

A rapid assessment will be conducted using a 30-minute timed search, recording presence or absence of P. californica and other rockweeds at the site. I will survey fifty meters of rocky shoreline in the high intertidal zone at 5 meter intervals using a 0.5 m2 quadrat. In each quadrat, I will assess percent cover of algae and invertebrates and count mobile invertebrates. Site characteristics will also be measured to elucidate potential abiotic drivers of the patchy distribution of P. californica, including measures of sand influence, substrate type, site aspect, tidal heights, slope, anthropogenic impacts, temperature, and wave exposure. Slope and tidal heights will be measured using a laser level. No specimens will be collected. Each site will be visited once during a low tide. The work to be performed can be completed in 3 hours.

Visit #54622 @Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

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Under Project # 39767 | Research

Pelvetiopsis californica survey

graduate_student - California Polytechnic State University (CSU), Pomona

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Robin Fales Dec 7, 2017 (1 days)

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Day visit to reserve 1 Dec 8 (5 hours)