SBC LTER: Santa Cruz Island: Abundance of Surfperch and Garibaldi

These data describe the abundance and age structure of select fish species at 11 sites on the North coast of Santa Cruz Island. The study was initiated in 1982, in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA, and this dataset is updated annually. The abundance and age structure of all Black, Striped, Pile and Rubberlip Surfperch as well as Garibaldi encountered are recorded at permanent transects in three depth strata at at each of 11 sites. In these surveys, fish are counted along a 40m x 2m transect, counting all individuals in the water column and in the understory algae.