Darwin Core Archive: Santa Barbara Channel fish surveys at shallow outcrops

Nine nearshore, shallow-water rock outcrops, seven along the mainland
and two off Anacapa Island, were monitored annually from 1995 to 2000.
All locations were surveyed using scuba, and belt transects was were
conducted at each site. These natural outcrops are geographically
distributed across the Santa Barbara Channel providing opportunities
for spatial and temporal comparisons between natural reef and oil/gas
platforms. Fish surveys at platforms were conducted using scuba within a few days
of these surveys at rock outcrops; the data can be viewed at: <link xlink:href="https://portal.lternet.edu/nis/mapbrowse?scope=edi&amp;identifier=113">https://portal.lternet.edu/nis/mapbrowse?scope=edi&amp;identifier=113</link> This scuba project was conducted and reported under a cooperative
agreement (Agreement 1445-CA09-95-0836) between the U. S. Geological
Survey (Biological Resources Division) and the University of
California, Santa Barbara. Citation of report: Love, M. S., D. M. Schroeder, and M. M. Nishimoto. 2003. The
ecological role of oil and gas production platforms and natural
outcrops on fishes in southern and central California: a synthesis of
information. U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological
Survey, Biological Resources Division, Seattle, Washington, 98104, OCS
Study MMS 2003-032. <link xlink:href="http://www.lovelab.id.ucsb.edu/Report.pdf">http://www.lovelab.id.ucsb.edu/Report.pdf</link>