PISCO UCSB Subtidal Invertebrate Recruitment Data

This metadata record documents the recruitment monitoring study for
PISCO subtidal. The dataset describes the recruitment of invertebrates
to artificial substrates from 2007 – 2017 at sites around the Santa
Barbara Channel and Northern Channel Islands. Brushes and 'Tuffies’
were used as standardized settlement substrate to measure the
recruitment of competent larvae independent of the availability and
quality of nearby habitat. The main purpose of this study is to
measure spatial and temporal patterns of invertebrate settlement to
understand the effects of oceanography and anthropogenic influence.
See Methods for more details