Santa Barbara Channel fish surveys at shallow outcrops

Nine nearshore, shallow-water rock outcrops, seven along the mainland and two off Anacapa Island, were monitored annually from 1995 to 2000. All locations were surveyed using scuba, and belt transects was were conducted at each site. These natural outcrops are geographically distributed across the Santa Barbara Channel providing opportunities for spatial and temporal comparisons between natural reef and oil/gas platforms. Fish surveys at platforms were conducted using scuba within a few days of these surveys at rock outcrops; the data can be viewed at: https://portal.lternet.edu/nis/mapbrowse?scope=edi&identifier=113 This scuba project was conducted and reported under a cooperative agreement (Agreement 1445-CA09-95-0836) between the U. S. Geological Survey (Biological Resources Division) and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Citation of report: Love, M. S., D. M. Schroeder, and M. M. Nishimoto. 2003. The ecological role of oil and gas production platforms and natural outcrops on fishes in southern and central California: a synthesis of information. U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Seattle, Washington, 98104, OCS Study MMS 2003-032. http://www.lovelab.id.ucsb.edu/Report.pdf