Data from: Composition, abundance, and phenology of foliose red algae associated with two Macrocystis pyrifera forests in Monterey Bay, California

We have transcribed data from a 1982 Masters thesis titled, "Composition, abundance, and phenology of foliose red algae associated with two Macrocystis pyrifera forests in Monterey Bay, California." As the title implies, this thesis focused on the foliose red algae understory communities associated with two kelp forests in Monterey Bay, CA. The Santa Cruz study site was more wave-exposed than the Hopkins site, which offered another variable to consider for environmental drivers of seasonal variation. In this small dataset, we provide data from Tables 1 and 2 of the these, which offer mean biomass of monthly observations of understory red algae species.