Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

18 Jun, 08 AM - 22 Jun, 03 AM

The purpose of this class is to gain knowledge and experience in underwater sampling techniques. We will be diving on SCUBA along the permanent transect. The students will do surveys counting algae, invertebrates and fish populations. We will be doing two dives each day for three days. One dive protocol will consist of 2 transects (20M). Along each transect Nereocystis and Macrocystis will be counted in a 2-meter swath. There will also be 5 quadrats along each transect at randomly determined points. Within each quadrat the following algae will be counted: Pterygophora, Laminaria, Eisenia, Cystoseira, and Desmarestia and the following invertebrates will be counted: snails, urchins, and seastars. A second protocol will be to do random point contact surveys as well as fish surveys along 2 transects.

Visit #12056 @Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

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Under Project # 7936 | Class

Bio75 Spring07

faculty - University of California, Santa Cruz

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Group of 3 Faculty Jun 18 - 22, 2007 (5 days)
Group of 14 Undergraduate Student Jun 18 - 22, 2007 (5 days)

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