cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5063/f1930r9d
title: Seabird nearshore foraging surveys

description: Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide both direct and indirect benefits to seabirds. Direct benefits involve reducing the direct interactions seabirds have with humans such as from fisheries and recreational activities. Indirect benefits involve reducing competition with humans for prey resources. As the abundance of prey increases within and adjacent to MPAs, seabirds may benefit as more abundant prey resources lead to increases in their productivity and population sizes. We monitored the populations of six coastally breeding marine bird species: four seabirds that feed largely on juvenile and other small fishes in nearshore habitats (Brandt’s cormorant, pelagic cormorant, double-crested cormorant, and pigeon guillemot), one seabird that feeds on both fish and intertidal invertebrates (western gull), and one shorebird that feeds primarily on rocky intertidal invertebrates (black oystercatcher). We collected data on baseline population size, productivity, foraging rates, and rates of human-caused disturbance inside and outside of three MPA clusters: Pyramid Point SMCA (Del Norte county); South Cape Mendocino SMR (Humboldt County); and Ten Mile SMR, MacKerricher SMCA, Point Cabrillo SMR, and Russian Gulch SMCA (Mendocino county). The long-term objectives of our monitoring are to 1) document how seabirds are using coastal and nearshore habitats in relation to a sample of newly established MPAs within the NCSR and 2) develop seabirds as tools to investigate changes in fish and invertebrate populations inside and outside of NCSR MPAs. Data presented here focus on baseline foraging rates for seabirds inside and outside of MPA boundaries.
DOI: 10.5063/f1jm27qp
title: Seabird population transect surveys

description: Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide both direct and indirect benefits to seabirds. Direct benefits involve reducing the direct interactions seabirds have with humans such as from fisheries and recreational activities. Indirect benefits involve reducing competition with humans for prey resources. As the abundance of prey increases within and adjacent to MPAs, seabirds may benefit as more abundant prey resources lead to increases in their productivity and population sizes. We monitored the populations of six coastally breeding marine bird species: four seabirds that feed largely on juvenile and other small fishes in nearshore habitats (Brandt’s cormorant, pelagic cormorant, double-crested cormorant, and pigeon guillemot), one seabird that feeds on both fish and intertidal invertebrates (western gull), and one shorebird that feeds primarily on rocky intertidal invertebrates (black oystercatcher). We collected data on baseline population size, productivity, foraging rates, and rates of human-caused disturbance inside and outside of three MPA clusters: Pyramid Point SMCA (Del Norte county); South Cape Mendocino SMR (Humboldt County); and Ten Mile SMR, MacKerricher SMCA, Point Cabrillo SMR, and Russian Gulch SMCA (Mendocino county). The long-term objectives of our monitoring are to 1) document how seabirds are using coastal and nearshore habitats in relation to a sample of newly established MPAs within the NCSR and 2) develop seabirds as tools to investigate changes in fish and invertebrate populations inside and outside of NCSR MPAs. Data presented here focus on baseline population size, for both roosting and breeding seabirds.
DOI: 10.5063/f1dv1h0c
title: Seabird productivity surveys

description: Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide both direct and indirect benefits to seabirds. Direct benefits involve reducing the direct interactions seabirds have with humans such as from fisheries and recreational activities. Indirect benefits involve reducing competition with humans for prey resources. As the abundance of prey increases within and adjacent to MPAs, seabirds may benefit as more abundant prey resources lead to increases in their productivity and population sizes. We monitored the populations of six coastally breeding marine bird species: four seabirds that feed largely on juvenile and other small fishes in nearshore habitats (Brandt’s cormorant, pelagic cormorant, double-crested cormorant, and pigeon guillemot), one seabird that feeds on both fish and intertidal invertebrates (western gull), and one shorebird that feeds primarily on rocky intertidal invertebrates (black oystercatcher). We collected data on baseline population size, productivity, foraging rates, and rates of human-caused disturbance inside and outside of three MPA clusters: Pyramid Point SMCA (Del Norte county); South Cape Mendocino SMR (Humboldt County); and Ten Mile SMR, MacKerricher SMCA, Point Cabrillo SMR, and Russian Gulch SMCA (Mendocino county). The long-term objectives of our monitoring are to 1) document how seabirds are using coastal and nearshore habitats in relation to a sample of newly established MPAs within the NCSR and 2) develop seabirds as tools to investigate changes in fish and invertebrate populations inside and outside of NCSR MPAs. Data presented here focus on assessing baseline breeding phenology and productivity for Brandt’s cormorants, pelagic cormorants, double-crested cormorants, western gulls, and black oystercatchers.
DOI: 10.5063/f16h4fjj
title: Seabird reproduction, time budget, and diet at Castle Rock NWR

description: High trophic-level marine predators, including seabirds, are widely recognized as indicators of ecosystem change and have great ecological, economic, and cultural value. Seabirds are uniquely observable marine predators that are constrained to the oceans surface and nesting on land. Seabird reproduction, foraging effort, and diet have been widely adopted as rapid indicators of change in marine ecosystems. Each of these vary in response to alterations in marine productivity and resulting changes in prey communities. Nesting seabirds may directly and indirectly benefit from MPAs because of increased food availability and changes in prey populations. Baseline characterization of seabird reproduction and diet will allow for the detection of future changes in marine ecosystems, including changes resulting from MPAs. To create a baseline characterization of seabirds nesting in the North Coast Study Region (NCSR), we determined the reproductive success, time allocated to foraging, and diet of the most abundant seabird nesting in the NCSR in 2014. This data was combined with data previously collected over a seven-year period (2007-2013) to characterize the current status and temporal variability in productivity, diet, and foraging effort of murres in the NCSR, so that future changes can be judged. These data provide information on short-term (rapid) changes in seabird prey diversity and availability. Data Usage: We ask that you contact the data owner(s) prior to using this information for any purpose to minimize possibilities for misinterpretation of data and to reduce redundancy since we are currently working on projects that involve this information. Also, author(s) should be informed of and involved in projects developed using this information. Extensive efforts were made to ensure that these data were accurate, but the authors are not responsibility for errors that may exist in data provided online.
DOI: 10.5063/f10c4sxc
title: MeanClimatologicalAndBaselineNearshoreConditions

description: Data reported in this package capture information on nearshore temperature, ocean structure, chlorophyll concentration, sea level, currents, and relative exposure to freshwater as a function of latitude as part of the oceanographic context for MPAs in the North Coast Study Region during the period prior to (2003-2013) and during (2014-2016) the baseline study period.
DOI: 10.5063/f1sb43wf
title: Archival Bibliography

description: This bibliography demonstrates some of the archival materials (published materials and grey literature) researched under the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Keystone Marine Species and Ecosystems project. This project was led by the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, in partnership with the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Wiyot Tribe, and InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. Archival information was searched specifically for the five cultural and ecological keystone marine species, which included abalone, clams, mussels, seaweed, and smelt, and used by and/or located within the territories of the Tribal groups included in the project. This list is not inclusive of all of the archival information located, analyzed, and incorporated into the project. Certain sources deemed to have highly sensitive or confidential information are not included in the provided list.
DOI: 10.5063/f11r6nn0
title: Five Resources

description: This map is based on tribal citizen interviews conducted under the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Keystone Marine Species and Ecosystems project. This project was led by the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, in partnership with the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Wiyot Tribe, and InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. For the interviews, a digital data survey tool was developed by Ecotrust that included a total of fifty-seven (57) questions. This map represents the responses to one (1) of those questions. This is an aggregated map of all respondents that used a particular area to harvest one (1) or more of the five (5) cultural-ecological keystone species. These species include abalone, clams, mussels, seaweed, and smelt.
DOI: 10.5063/f15h7dcq
title: TEK Interview Questions

description: These are the interview questions that were developed into a digital data survey tool used to conduct sixty-nine (69) tribal citizen interviews under the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Keystone Marine Species and Ecosystems project. This project was led by the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, in partnership with the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Wiyot Tribe, and InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. The digital data survey tool was created by Ecotrust/Point 97.
DOI: 10.5063/f12n50dw
title: Community Surveys: UPC Surveys

description: Invertebrate and algae surveys are comprised of two components, sampled along the same transects: (1) uniform point contact (UPC) estimates of benthic cover and substrate characteristics and (2) swath transects to estimate the density of kelps and macroinvertebrates. This metadata record documents the UPC surveys for the South Coast Baseline Program subtidal community surveys of kelp and shallow reef ecosystems. UPC sampling consists of recording the substrate type, physical relief and percent cover of non-mobile invertebrates and algae along 30m long transects. UPC surveys are conducted annually in the summer. To assure that the entire kelp forest is sampled representatively, benthic transects are stratified across the face of the reef (alongshore and cross-shore). Within each cross-shore ‘zone’, two to three randomly located transects are sampled along isobaths (constant depth) parallel to shore. The zones at each site are stratified in a manner similar to the fish survey transects, and designed to encompass the offshore edge of the reef, the middle of the reef, and as shallow inshore as practical. Data are included for the years 2011 and 2012. More information and additional data can be obtained at http://piscoweb.org (link is external).
DOI: 10.5063/f1pn93q8
title: Mark-recapture spiny lobster data

description: The South Coast Lobster Research Group (SCLRG) was formed in 2011 in response to interest in how MPAs may affect the abundance, size, and behavior of the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus). The SCLRG is a partnership between scientists, managers, stakeholders, and volunteers, and encompasses personnel from the San Diego State University (SDSU), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), the San Diego Oceans Foundation (SDOF), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and the California Lobster Trap Fishermen’s Association (CLTFA). We identified five sites in the South Coast Region at which to work, each with a newly established MPA: (1) the Cabrillo SMR in San Diego, (2) the South La Jolla SMR in La Jolla, (3) Swami’s SMCA in Encinitas, (4) the Laguna Beach SMR in Laguna Beach, and (5) the Pt. Vicente SMCA in Palos Verdes. Inside and outside of MPAs at each site, we ran a tag-recapture program using commercial fishing vessels as research platforms in order to estimate spiny lobster abundance, size-frequency distribution, growth, and spillover. We captured and tagged over 19,000 lobsters in and around the MPAs at each site between 2011 – 2013. To compare lobster abundance inside vs. outside of each MPA, traps were fished at discrete, preselected sites inside and outside MPA boundaries. All captured lobsters over 55 mm carapace length (CL) were tagged with individually numbered plastic “t-bar” tags, and were measured (CL), sexed, and scored for reproductive condition and shell condition (hardness and age of the carapace). Trap positions (GPS) were recorded in order to measure distance moved for recaptured lobsters. Data in this package were used to describe patterns of abundance, size-frequency distribution, growth, reproductive condition, and movement among sites, and between MPA and non-MPA locations.
DOI: 10.5063/f1jw8c0z
title: transect surveys for spiny lobster abundance and habitat features

description: The South Coast Lobster Research Group (SCLRG) was formed in 2011 in response to interest in how MPAs may affect the abundance, size, and behavior of the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus). The SCLRG is a partnership between scientists, managers, stakeholders, and volunteers, and encompasses personnel from the San Diego State University (SDSU), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), the San Diego Oceans Foundation (SDOF), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and the California Lobster Trap Fishermen’s Association (CLTFA). We identified five sites in the South Coast Region at which to work, each with a newly established MPA: (1) the Cabrillo SMR in San Diego, (2) the South La Jolla SMR in La Jolla, (3) Swami’s SMCA in Encinitas, (4) the Laguna Beach SMR in Laguna Beach, and (5) the Pt. Vicente SMCA in Palos Verdes. Inside and outside of MPAs at each site, we conducted daytime SCUBA-based transect surveys of rocky reefs (5 – 15 m depth) between May and September of 2012 and 2013. The number of lobsters in four different size categories, as well depth, relief, and benthic habitat features (biogenic and non-biogenic) were recorded on each transect.
DOI: 10.5063/f14q7s4w
title: Coastal recreation survey and spatial data

description: This study addresses the South Coast Baseline Program objectives by describing human use patterns across the study region and establishing initial data points for long-term tracking of conditions and trends in the South Coast. This study is also a part of a three-part study conducted by Point 97 to provide baseline estimates of the quantity, spatial distribution, and economic value of human uses—specifically human use in three specific sectors: coastal recreation, commercial fishing, and commercial passenger fishing vessels in the South Coast region. The South Coast (SC) region coastal recreation survey was launched in May of 2012. In an effort to capture seasonal variations in coastal use, we collected data on the respondent’s most recent coastal trip, and deployed the survey in four survey “waves” over a one-year period. Data collection was completed in March 2013, and the data were then subsequently analyzed and synthesized. In the survey, respondents were asked to recount details of their coastal visitation trips over the previous 12 months and of their last trip, including information about the number of trips taken, participation in recreational activities, the location of activities, and expenditures made. This data package include the raw survey data and a sample PDF map of the spatial data collected.
DOI: 10.18120/7y0x-st87
title: Transdiagnostic Restoration of Affective Networks with Systematic, Function-Oriented, Real-time Modeling and Deep Brain Stimulation (TRANSFORM DBS)
DOI: 10.5063/f10z71dj
title: Commercial Fisheries Economic and Spatial Data

description: The primary goal of this project was to inform long-term marine protected area (MPA) monitoring efforts by gathering up-to-date socioeconomic information to illustrate historical trends, establish a post MPA baseline, and assess initial changes since MPA implementation for the commercial fishing fleet in the South Coast region of California. To accomplish this goal our research team conducted extensive community outreach and engagement in the region and conducted in-person interviews with 114 commercial fishermen to gather post MPA baseline socioeconomic data and spatial fishing data for the year 2012. Additional to the interview data gathered, we summarized commercial fishing landings data from 1992 to 2012 obtained from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to explore historical economic trends and initial changes in South Coast commercial fisheries. This data package include the commercial fishing landings data from 1992-2012 provided by California Department of Fish and Wildlife summarized to the port and region level; select summarized survey data from fishermen interviews on the 2012 calendar year, and samples of the spatial data available on the post MPA (2012) and spatial change between pre MPA (2008) and post MPA (2012) fishing grounds at region-fishery and port-fishery scales.
DOI: 10.5063/f1d798jg
title: Seabird disturbance monitoring

description: Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide both direct and indirect benefits to seabirds. Direct benefits involve reducing the direct interactions seabirds have with humans such as from fisheries and recreational activities. Indirect benefits involve reducing competition with humans for prey resources. As the abundance of prey increases within and adjacent to MPAs, seabirds may benefit as more abundant prey resources lead to increases in their productivity and population sizes. We monitored four coastally breeding seabirds that feed largely on juvenile and other small fishes in nearshore habitats (Brandt’s cormorant, pelagic cormorant, western gull, and California least tern) and one shorebird that feeds on rocky intertidal invertebrates (black oystercatcher). We collected data on baseline population size, productivity, foraging rates, and rates of human-caused disturbance inside and outside of three MPA clusters: Gull Island SMCA, Painted Cave SMCA and Scorpion SMR (Santa Cruz Island); Point Vicente SMR and Abalone Cove SMCA (Palos Verdes); and Cabrillo SMR, South La Jolla SMR/SMCA, and Matlahuayl SMR (San Diego). California least tern diet composition data were collected inside and outside of MPAs including Bolsa Chica Basin SMCA, Bolsa Bay SMCA, Batiquitos Lagoon SMCA, and Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. The long-term objectives of our monitoring are to 1) document how seabirds are using coastal and nearshore habitats in relation to a sample of newly established MPAs within the SCSR and 2) develop seabirds as tools to investigate changes in fish and invertebrate populations inside and outside of SCSR MPAs. Data presented here focus on disturbance monitoring for both roosting and breeding seabirds as well as hauled out marine mammals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19294535
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DOI: 10.5063/f18g8hv6
title: Seabird Population Transect Surveys

description: Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide both direct and indirect benefits to seabirds. Direct benefits involve reducing the direct interactions seabirds have with humans such as from fisheries and recreational activities. Indirect benefits involve reducing competition with humans for prey resources. As the abundance of prey increases within and adjacent to MPAs, seabirds may benefit as more abundant prey resources lead to increases in their productivity and population sizes. We monitored four coastally breeding seabirds that feed largely on juvenile and other small fishes in nearshore habitats (Brandt’s cormorant, pelagic cormorant, western gull, and California least tern) and one shorebird that feeds on rocky intertidal invertebrates (black oystercatcher). We collected data on baseline population size, productivity, foraging rates, and rates of human-caused disturbance inside and outside of three MPA clusters: Gull Island SMCA, Painted Cave SMCA and Scorpion SMR (Santa Cruz Island); Point Vicente SMR and Abalone Cove SMCA (Palos Verdes); and Cabrillo SMR, South La Jolla SMR/SMCA, and Matlahuayl SMR (San Diego). California least tern diet composition data were collected inside and outside of MPAs including Bolsa Chica Basin SMCA, Bolsa Bay SMCA, Batiquitos Lagoon SMCA, and Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. The long-term objectives of our monitoring are to 1) document how seabirds are using coastal and nearshore habitats in relation to a sample of newly established MPAs within the SCSR and 2) develop seabirds as tools to investigate changes in fish and invertebrate populations inside and outside of SCSR MPAs. Data presented here focus on baseline population size, for both roosting and breeding seabirds.
DOI: 10.5063/f1f47m8j
title: biodiversity point-contact surveys of rocky intertidal ecosystems

description: The Baseline surveys of rocky intertidal ecosystems (SC) project includes both Long-Term Monitoring and Biodiversity Surveys done in the South Coast of California. Long-Term Monitoring Surveys use fixed plots to document changes in percent cover, or abundance of targeted species or species assemblages. This fixed-plot approach allows the dynamics of rocky intertidal species to be monitored with reasonable sampling effort and provides sufficient statistical power to detect changes over space or time. Biodiversity Surveys provide detailed information about biodiversity and community structure. These surveys were designed to measure diversity and abundance of algae and invertebrates found within rocky intertidal communities on the western coast of temperate North America. This metadata record documents the Biodiversity Point Contact Surveys done as part of the SC Baseline surveys of rocky intertidal ecosystems. Biodiversity Point Contact sampling consists of recording the diversity and abundance of invertebrates and algae along 11 transects of variable length extending from the upper intertidal to the low intertidal. Biodiversity Surveys are comprised of three biological components, all sampled along the same transects: (1) point contact estimates of intertidal cover and substrate characteristics, (2) swath transects to estimate the density of sea stars and abalone, and (3) quadrat sampling to estimate the density of mobile invertebrates. Biodiversity Surveys are done throughout the year at sites ranging from Southeast Alaska to Baja California Sur, Mexico. Selected sites are resampled on a 3-5 year cycle. A site is defined as a contiguous rocky bench of at least 30m.