SBC LTER: Beach: Local and regional kelp wrack inputs to sandy beaches

These data describe the inputs of giant kelp
(Macrocystis pyrifera) to sandy beach
ecosystems in the Santa Barbara Channel. The local dataset details
the average number of kelp plants deposited in 100 m wide segments
of coastline over the course of 66 months, from August 2015
through July 2021. Data are presented as the overall average as
well as the seasonal averages for each segment. The coordinates of
each segment are provided as well as the overall average dry beach
width and the beach orientation for each segment. The regional
dataset details the average wrack cover from cross-shore transects
and the average number of kelp plants deposited on the 1 km
stretch of beach for 24 sandy beach sites in a 100 km long region
of coastline along the Santa Barbara Channel. The coordinates of
each site are provided as well as the dry beach width and the
beach orientation. Data are contained in two tables: 1) the local
25 km dataset with 250 total segments, and 2) the 100 km regional
dataset with 24 total study beaches.