Photographed marine settlement panels

The archive consists of 31 folders of photographed marine organism settlement panels (16 cm × 16 cm) used for settlement panel surveys at sites in California (29 sites) and Australia (2 sites) in 2012-2015. The settlement panel system has painted strips forming a square collar for attaching the censused panel of interest and for dosing with a biocide-releasing paint, as described by Johnston and Webb (2000, <i>Biofouling</i> 15:165–173). Photos were taken at sites using digital camera at retrieval after submergence (around 6 weeks). Two doses of cuprous oxide paint, and undosed reference plates were used. A summary of survey data is provided in Mackie et al. (2018). A study of the relationship between coastal features including the density of artificial structure and background level of dissolved copper at field sites is provided in Susick et al. (2019)—this study considered non-dosed panels only.<br>Johnston EL, Webb J (2000) Novel techniques for field assessment of copper toxicity on fouling assemblages. Biofouling 15:165–173<br>Mackie J A, Bros-Seemann S, Susick K, Phan A, Scianni C (2018) Experimental assessment of the link between copper tolerance and invasion in fouling species. Report to the California State Lands Commission, Marine Invasive Species Program. Sacramento, California<br>Susick K., Scianni C., Mackie J A (2019) Artificial structure density predicts fouling community diversity on settlement panels. Biological Invasions, DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02088-5<br><br>