Percent cover of sessile invertebrates and algae along the coast of Monterey and Carmel starting in 1999 (Kelp Forest Resilience project)

<p>This metadata record documents the kelp forest community survey component of our project. Data generated by these surveys consists of the following recorded on "transects" (described in Methodology section below): &nbsp;(i) percent cover of conspicuous colonial sessile invertebrates and particular species of macroalgae (e.g., foliose red algae), and (ii) percent cover of substratum type (sand, cobble, boulder, bedrock), and category of vertical relief.&nbsp;</p>

本元数据记录详述了本项目关于海藻森林群落调查的部分。通过这些调查产生的数据，记录于下述方法学部分所述的“样带”上：(i) 显著聚集成群的固着无脊椎动物（如叶状红藻等大型藻类）的覆盖百分比，以及(ii) 不同基底类型（如沙、卵石、巨石、基岩）的覆盖百分比和垂直起伏的分类。