PISCO UCSB Subtidal Invertebrate Recruitment Data

This metadata record documents the recruitment monitoring study for PISCO subtidal. The dataset describes the recruitment of invertebrates to artificial substrates from 2007 – 2017 at sites around the Santa Barbara Channel and Northern Channel Islands. Brushes and 'Tuffies’ were used as standardized settlement substrate to measure the recruitment of competent larvae independent of the availability and quality of nearby habitat. The main purpose of this study is to measure spatial and temporal patterns of invertebrate settlement to understand the effects of oceanography and anthropogenic influence. See Methods for more details本元数据记录归档了PISCO潮下带（subtidal）招募监测研究的相关资料。本数据集记录了2007年至2017年间，圣巴巴拉海峡（Santa Barbara Channel）与北海峡群岛（Northern Channel Islands）周边各采样站点上，无脊椎动物（invertebrates）在人工基质（artificial substrates）上的招募情况。研究采用毛刷与‘Tuffies’作为标准化附着基质，用以测定具有附着能力的幼虫的招募量，且该测定不受周边栖息地的可获取性与质量的影响。本研究的核心目标为量化无脊椎动物附着的时空分布模式，以此解析海洋学过程与人为活动的影响效应。详细信息请参阅研究方法章节。