Santa Barbara Channel Coastal and Island fish survey from the Reef Check, 2006-2017

The data were collected by the Reef Check organization:
https://reefcheck.org/ Every year, Reef Check trains thousands of citizen scientist divers
who volunteer to survey the health of coral reefs around the world,
and rocky reef ecosystems along the entire coast of California. The
programs monitor rocky reefs inside and outside of California's marine
protected areas (MPAs). The results are used to improve the management
of these critically important natural resources. The data presented here were a subset of the data that cover the Santa
Barbara Channel region, southern California, USA.

本数据集由Reef Check组织采集，其官方网站为https://reefcheck.org/。每年，Reef Check都会培训数千名公民科学潜水志愿者，由其志愿开展全球珊瑚礁以及美国加利福尼亚州全境沿岸岩礁生态系统的健康状况调查。该项目会对加利福尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Areas, MPAs）内外的岩礁进行监测，其监测结果可用于优化这些极为重要的自然资源的管理工作。本次展示的数据为覆盖美国加利福尼亚州南部圣巴巴拉海峡区域的数据集子集。