SBC LTER: Reef: Benthic Composition Experiment: recruitment sampling

These data quantify the richness and abundance of mobile
invertebrates settling and recruiting on brushes across 5 sampling
sites (Arroyo Quemado, Naples, Isla Vista, Mohawk, Carpentaria)
along the Santa Barbara Coast and 2 sites at Santa Cruz Island
(San Pedro Point, and Cavern Point). Sampling began December 2021
and is conducted seasonally every 3 months. Data are collected
from brushes that are attached to randomly chosen rock plates
within two circular plots at each sampling site. Plot 1 represents
the control plot with no giant kelp removal and plot 2 represents
the kelp clearing plot where all giant kelp are removed.
Additionally, understory algae are removed seasonally from half of
the rock slates for both plots (Plot 1 rock plates #1-6 and Plot 2
rock plates #13-18). Recruitment is measured as a proportion of
the number of individuals found on the recruitment brushes.