Final technical report - North Central California Coast Marine Protected Areas baseline characterization and monitoring of mid-depth rock and soft-bottom ecosystems (20-116 m)

This report summarizes the results of a multi-year study (April 2010 - April 2013) to characterize deep benthic rock and soft-bottom communities (20-116 m) in the California Marine Life Protection Act's North Central Coast (NCC) Study Region. Our specific objective was to characterize the seafloor habitats and associated biological communities within and adjacent to the State Marine Reserves (SMRs) and Conservation Areas (SMCAs) at the time of implementation. This report was originally uploaded to Oceanspaces (http://oceanspaces.org/) in 2013 as part of the North Central Coast baseline monitoring program. In 2020 the baseline data and reports were uploaded to the California Ocean Protection Council Data Repository by Mike Esgro ([e-mail]) and Rani Gaddam ([e-mail]). Every attempt has been made to include all of the original data, metadata, and reports submitted in 2013, but please contact the Data Set Contacts with any questions.