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    <shortName>Reef fish abundance</shortName>
    <title>SBCLTER: Reef: Kelp Forest Community Dynamics: Density of reef fish </title>
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      <individualName>
        <salutation>Mr.</salutation>
        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
        <surName>Slaughter</surName>
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      <address scope="document">
        <deliveryPoint>NCEAS</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of California</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Santa Barbara</city>
        <administrativeArea>California</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>93106-6150</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
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      <phone phonetype="voice">805 892 2528 </phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>slaughter@nceas.ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
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    <associatedParty scope="document">
      <individualName>
        <salutation>Mr.</salutation>
        <givenName>Harry</givenName>
        <surName>Potter</surName>
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      <address scope="document">
        <deliveryPoint>Marine Science Institute</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of California</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Santa Barbara</city>
        <administrativeArea>California</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>93106-6150</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
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      <phone phonetype="voice">805 892 2528</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>harry@nceas.ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
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    <pubDate>2013-04-10</pubDate>
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      <para>These data describe the abundance and size of fish species as part of SBCLTER's kelp
        forest monitoring program to track long-term patterns in species abundance and diversity.
        This study began in 2000 in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA, and the dataset is
        updated periodically throughout the year. The abundance and size of all taxa of resident
        kelp forest fish encountered along permanent transects are recorded at nine reef sites
        located along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel and at two sites on the north
        side of Santa Cruz Island. These sites reflect several oceanographic regimes in the channel
        and vary in distance from sources of terrestrial runoff. In these surveys, fish were counted
        in either a 40x2m benthic quadrat, or in the water parcel 0-2m off the bottom over the same
        area.</para>
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            <para>The user of SBC LTER data agrees to contact the data owner (i.e., the SBC
              investigator responsible for data) prior to publishing. Where appropriate, users whose
              projects are integrally dependent on SBC LTER data are encouraged to consider
              collaboration and/or co-authorship with the data owner.</para>
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        <geographicDescription>Arroyo Burro Reef</geographicDescription>
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            <calendarDate>2000-08-01</calendarDate>
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            <calendarDate>2012-07-25</calendarDate>
          </endDate>
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      <description>
        <para>changed naming scheme to knb-lter-sbc</para>
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        <changeDate>2005-03-15</changeDate>
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      <positionName>Information Manager, Santa Barbara Coastal LTER</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>Marine Science Institute</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of California</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Santa Barbara</city>
        <administrativeArea>California</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>93106-6150</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">805 893 2071</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>slaughter@nceas.ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
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      <organizationName>Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research
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    <pubPlace>Santa Barbara, CA, USA</pubPlace>
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          <para> The number, size and species identity of reef fish are
            recorded within a 2 m wide swath centered along each transect extending 2 m off the bottom. See the protocol document for more information.</para>
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          <title>SBC LTER Kelp Forest Community Structure Methods -
            Density of Reef Fish</title>
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              <surName>Reed</surName>
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      <title>Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research Project</title>
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          <salutation>Dr.</salutation>
          <givenName>Daniel</givenName>
          <surName>Reed</surName>
        </individualName>
        <address scope="document">
          <deliveryPoint>Marine Science Institute</deliveryPoint>
          <deliveryPoint>University of California</deliveryPoint>
          <city>Santa Barbara</city>
          <administrativeArea>California</administrativeArea>
          <postalCode>93106-6150</postalCode>
          <country>United States</country>
        </address>
        <phone phonetype="voice">805 893 8363</phone>
        <electronicMailAddress>reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
        <role>Principal Investigator</role>
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      <abstract>
        <section>
          <para>The primary research objective of the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER is good.</para>
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      </abstract>
      <funding>
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          <para>NSF Award OCE-0620276 and OCE-1232779</para>
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