North Central Coast: citizen-science surveys of birds, mammals, and human uses

This metadata record documents the Beach Watch project citizen science monitoring for birds, mammals, and human use baseline in the North Central Coast from 1994-2012. Citizen Scientists conduct bi-monthly surveys for over 300 species of birds and mammals and 25 types of human use types at 42 sites. Monthly rates of observation are provided for live wildlife, dead wildlife, and human uses from 1994-2012. Each site is fixed, general characteristics and location are provided. Complete description of survey protocols is provided here and at https://farallones.noaa.gov/science/beachwatch.html (link is external).This dataset was originally uploaded to Oceanspaces (http://oceanspaces.org/) in 2013 as part of the North Central Coast baseline monitoring program. In 2020 the baseline data and reports were uploaded to the California Ocean Protection Council Data Repository by Mike Esgro ([e-mail]) and Rani Gaddam ([e-mail]). Every attempt has been made to include all of the original data, metadata, and reports submitted in 2013, but please contact the Data Set Contacts with any questions. The long-term California MPA boundary and project info tables referenced in this dataset can be found as a separate dataset here: https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi:10.25494/P64S3W