Site Description Report
Site Information
Temperature in Celsius
Site Name
Air
City / Island
Surface
County
5 Meters
State
California
10 Meters
Latitude (deg min.min)
North
Longitude (deg min.min)
West
Dates format (mm/dd/yyyy)
Distance in Meters
Distance from shore
Average Depth of Site
Start Date
Permanent, Random
End Date
Transect Type
Always Sheltered, Sometimes Sheltered, Exposed
Sunny, Cloudy, Raining
Weather
Site Exposure
Recent Storms
Yes / No
Transects completed (Yes/No):
Fish
Errors
Invertebrates
Describe Errors
Yes /
No
UPC
Algae
Urchin Size
TEAM INFORMATION
Team Member
Submitted by:
Team Member
Checked by:
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Notes:
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Fish Data Sheet - Southern
Date:__________________
Diver:_________________________
Visibility (m):___________
Buddy:________________________
Field QA (name) : ________________
SITE:________________________
5 - 10 Minutes
Transect#:__________
Depth: Beg:__________ft
End:__________ft
size in cm: (size) #
Heading:___________
Time: Beg:__________
End:__________
T#____ T#____
SPP CODE
totals
totals
kelp bass = KB
Southern Species
Code:
barred sand bass = BSB
garibaldi = GAR (J/A)
blacksmith = BS
opaleye = OPE
sargo = SAR
striped perch = STP
Perch
black perch = BLP
rainbow perch = RAP
pile perch = PIP
rubberlip perch = RUB
Wrasse
sheephead = SH (M/F/J)
senorita = SEN
rock wrasse = RW (M/F/J)
blue rockfish = BLU
Gear / Trash: Hook/Line:______| Traps: (Active) _____| (Lost)_____| Nets: ______| Trash:________|
kelp rockfish = KR
Comments/Other:
black rockfish = BLK
gopher rockfish = GOR
5 - 10 Minutes
Transect#:__________
Depth: Beg:__________ft
End:__________ft
black and yellow = BYR
size in cm: (size) #
Heading:___________
Time: Beg:__________
End:__________
olive/yellowtail = OYR
copper rockfish = COR
Code:
Rockfish
vermilion/canary = VCR
grass rockfish = GRR
treefish = TRE (J/A)
brown rockfish = BRR
China rockfish = CHR
YOY rockfish = YOY
kelp greenling = KG
(M/F/J)
rock greenling = RG
lingcod = LIN
Big Fish
cabezon = CAB
bocaccio = BOC
horn shark = HS
*Giant Sea Bass = GSB
*note if seen on or off
transect
Gear / Trash: Hook/Line:______| Traps: (Active) _____| (Lost)_____| Nets: ______| Trash:________|
Comments/Other:
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Fish Data Sheet - North/Central
Date:__________________
Diver:_________________________
Visibility (m):___________
Buddy:________________________
Field QA (name) : ________________
SITE:________________________
5 - 10 Minutes
Transect#:__________
Depth: Beg:__________ft
End:__________ft
size in cm: (size) #
Heading:___________
Time: Beg:__________
End:__________
T#____ T#____
SPP CODE
totals
totals
blue rockfish = BLU
Code:
kelp rockfish = KR
black rockfish = BLK
gopher rockfish = GOR
Rockfish
black and yellow = BYR
olive/yellowtail = OYR
copper rockfish = COR
vermilion/canary = VCR
grass rockfish = GRR
treefish = TRE (J/A)
brown rockfish = BRR
China rockfish = CHR
YOY rockfish = YOY
striped perch = STP
Perch
black perch = BLP
Gear / Trash: Hook/Line:______| Traps: (Active) _____| (Lost)_____| Nets: ______| Trash:________|
Comments/Other:
rainbow perch = RAP
pile perch = PIP
rubberlip perch = RUB
5 - 10 Minutes
Transect#:__________
Depth: Beg:__________ft
End:__________ft
kelp greenling = KG
(M/F/J)
size in cm: (size) #
Heading:___________
Time: Beg:__________
End:__________
rock greenling = RG
Wrasse
Code:
sheephead = SH (M/F/J)
senorita = SEN
rock wrasse = RW (M/F/J)
Southern Species
kelp bass = KB
barred sand bass = BSB
garibaldi = GAR (J/A)
blacksmith = BS
opaleye = OPE
sargo = SAR
lingcod = LIN
Big Fish
cabezon = CAB
bocaccio = BOC
horn shark = HS
*Giant Sea Bass = GSB
*note if seen on or off
transect
Gear / Trash: Hook/Line:______| Traps: (Active) _____ (Lost)_____| Nets: ______| Trash:________|
Comments/Other:
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Invertebrate Data Sheet - Southern
SITE _____________________ Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Buddy:_________________________
Count all orgs. > 2.5 cm
10 Minute goal (30 x 2 m)
Transect#:_____
Time: Beg:______
Transect#:_____
End:______ Dist
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
CA sea cucumber
____
____
warty sea cucumber
____
____
bat star
____
____
short spined sea star
____
____
giant spined star
____
____
sun/sunflower star
____
____
chestnut cowry
____
____
Kellet's whelk
____
____
Urchins
Gorgonians
Crabs Slugs/snails
Abalones
flat abalone (size cm)
pinto abalone (size cm)
green abalone (size cm)
pink abalone (size cm)
Unknown abalone
CA spiny lobster
Cucumbers
End:______ Dist
Sea Stars
red abalone (size cm)
Time: Beg:______
wavy / red turban snail
____
____
giant keyhole limpet
____
____
rock crab
____
____
sheep/masking crab
____
____
gumboot chiton
____
____
rock scallop
____
____
large anemone (>10cm)
____
____
brown/golden gorgonian
(>10cm)
____
____
red gorgonian (>10 cm)
____
____
red urchin
____
____
purple urchin
____
____
crowned urchin
Other/comments
____
____
Black ab (Y/N)
White ab (Y/N)_______
Subsample abundant organisms: at ~50, stop counting and record distance surveyed along transect (meters)
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Invertebrate Data Sheet - Northern/ Central
SITE _____________________ Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Buddy:_________________________
Count all orgs. > 2.5 cm
10 Minute goal (30 x 2 m)
Transect#:_____
Time: Beg:______
Transect#:_____
End:______ Dist
Time: Beg:______
End:______ Dist
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
Cucumbers
CA sea cucumber
____
____
warty sea cucumber
____
____
bat star
____
____
short spined sea star
____
____
giant spined star
____
____
sun/sunflower star
____
____
chestnut cowry
____
____
Kellet's whelk
____
____
wavy / red turban snail
____
____
giant keyhole limpet
____
____
rock crab
____
____
sheep/masking crab
____
____
gumboot chiton
____
____
rock scallop
____
____
large anemone (>10cm)
____
____
brown/golden gorgonian
(>10cm)
____
____
red gorgonian (>10 cm)
____
____
red urchin
____
____
purple urchin
____
____
crowned urchin
Other/comments
____
____
Urchins
Gorgonians
Crabs Slugs/snails
Abalones
flat abalone (size cm)
pinto abalone (size cm)
green abalone (size cm)
pink abalone (size cm)
Unknown abalone
CA spiny lobster
Sea Stars
red abalone (size cm)
Black ab (Y/N)
White ab (Y/N)_______
Subsample abundant organisms: at ~50, stop counting and record distance surveyed along transect (meters)
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Invertebrate/Seaweed Data Sheet - Southern
SITE _____________________ Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Buddy:_________________________
Count all orgs. > 2.5 cm
10 Minute goal (30 x 2 m)
Transect#:_____
30 x 2 m Transect
Time: Beg:______ End:______ Dist
Urchins
Gorgonians
Crabs
Slugs/snails
Sea Stars
Cucumbers
Abalones
red abalone (size cm)
Transect#:_____
10 Minute goal Time: Beg:______
End:______ Dist
Bull kelp
flat abalone (size cm)
____
pinto abalone (size cm)
____
green abalone (size cm)
____
pink abalone (size cm)
____ Pterygophora
Unknown abalone
____
CA spiny lobster
____
CA sea cucumber
____
>30cm
____
>30cm
____
warty sea cucumber
____ So. sea palm
bat star
____
short spined sea star
____
giant spined star
____
sun/sunflower star
____
chestnut cowry
____ Laminaria spp
Kellet's whelk
____
wavy / red turban snail
____
giant keyhole limpet
____
rock crab
____ giant kelp
sheep/masking crab
____
gumboot chiton
____
rock scallop
____
large anemone (>10cm)
____
brown/golden gorgonian
(>10cm)
____
red gorgonian (>10 cm)
____
>30cm
____
>30cm
red urchin
____
purple urchin
____
>30cm
____
>1
m
# stipes
>1m/holdfast
____
*Do not count seaweed used to attach transect
crowned urchin
Black ab (Y/N)
Other/comments
White ab (Y/N)_______
Sargassum muticum Yes____ No____
____ Sargassum filicinum Yes____ No____
Undaria
Yes____ No____
Caulerpa
Yes____
No____
Subsample abundant organisms: at ~50, stop counting and record distance surveyed along transect (meters)
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Invertebrate/Seaweed Data Sheet - Northern/Central
SITE _____________________ Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Buddy:_________________________
Count all orgs. > 2.5 cm
10 Minute goal (30 x 2 m)
Transect#:_____
30 x 2 m Transect
Time: Beg:______ End:______ Dist
>30cm
flat abalone (size cm)
____
pinto abalone (size cm)
____
green abalone (size cm)
____ Pterygophora
pink abalone (size cm)
____
Unknown abalone
____
CA spiny lobster
____
____
____
Cucumbers
CA sea cucumber
warty sea cucumber
____
Sea Stars
bat star
____
short spined sea star
____
giant spined star
____
sun/sunflower star
____ Laminaria spp.
Slugs/snails
>30cm
chestnut cowry
____
Kellet's whelk
____
wavy / red turban snail
____
giant keyhole limpet
____
Crabs
Abalones
____
rock crab
____ giant kelp
sheep/masking crab
____
gumboot chiton
____
rock scallop
____
large anemone (>10cm)
____
brown/golden gorgonian
(>10cm)
____
red gorgonian (>10 cm)
____
red urchin
____
purple urchin
____
Gorgonians
End:______ Dist
Bull kelp
red abalone (size cm)
Urchins
Transect#:_____
10 Minute goal Time: Beg:______
____
So. sea palm
>30cm
____
>30cm
>30cm
____
>1
m
# stipes
>1m/holdfast
____
*Do not count seaweed used to attach transect
crowned urchin
Black ab (Y/N)
Other/comments
White ab (Y/N)_______
Sargassum muticum Yes____
____ Sargassum filicinum Yes____
Undaria
Yes____ No____
Caulerpa
Yes____
No____
No____
No____
Subsample abundant organisms: at ~50, stop counting and record distance surveyed along transect (meters)
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SITE _____________________
UPC Data Sheet
Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Transect #:____
Buddy:_________________________
Summary
Time:Beg:__________ End:__________
Sub Cov Rel
Sub Cov Rel
Sub Cnt
Cov Cnt
Transect #:____
Time:Beg:__________End:__________
Sub Cov Rel
Sub Cov Rel
Summary
Sub Cnt
Cov Cnt
16
S
N
1
16
S
N
2
17
C
B
2
17
C
B
3
18
B
OB
3
18
B
OB
4
19
R
G
4
19
R
G
5
20
O
R
5
20
O
R
6
21
Tot:
AC
6
21
Tot:
AC
7
22
CC
7
22
8
23
SI
8
23
9
24
0
MI
9
24
0
MI
10
25
1
SG
10
25
1
SG
11
26
2
Tot:
11
26
2
Tot:
12
27
3
12
27
3
13
28
Tot:
13
28
Tot:
14
29
Total must = 30
14
29
15
30
N = None
15
30
B = Brown Seaweed (large kelps on band transect)
OB = Other Brown Seaweed (incl invasives)
G = Green Seaweed
R = Red seaweed (not coralline)
AC = Articulated Coralline
CC = Crustose Coralline
SI = Sessile Invertebrate (sponges, anemones, sandcastle worm etc)
MI = Mobile Invertebrates (sea stars, snails, urchins, cucumbers etc)
SG = Seagrasses (incl surfgrass and eelgrass)
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CC
Rel Cnt
SI
Total must = 30
0 = 0 --10 cm
1 = >10 cm -- 1 m
2 = >1m -- 2m
3 = >2m
Max height difference in box
0.5m x 1m in front of point
Relief
S= sand (<0.5 cm)
C = cobble (0.5 cm -- 15 cm)
B = Boulder (> 15 cm -- 1 m)
R = Reef (>1 m)
O= Other (anthropogenic, etc.)
Rel Cnt
Cover
Substrate
1
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Seaweed Data Sheet
SITE _____________________
Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Buddy:_________________________
*Do not count seaweed used to attach transect
Invasives seen anywhere at site?
Sargassum muticum Yes____
No____
Undaria Yes____ No ____
Sargassum filicinum
No____
Caulerpa Yes____ No____
Yes____
30 x 2 m Transect
10 Minute goal time
Transect#:_____
Time: Beg:______
Transect#:_____
End:______ Dist
Time: Beg:______
End:______ Dist
Bull Kelp
>30cm
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
Pterygophora
>30cm
Southern
Sea Palm
>30cm
Laminaria
>30cm
>30cm
giant kelp (>1 m)
>1 m
Subsample abundant organisms: at ~50, stop counting and record distance surveyed along transect (meters)
Comments:_______________________________________________________________________________________
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Urchin Size Frequency Data Sheet
SITE _____________________ Date ___________
Diver:__________________________
Depth:_____________
Buddy:_________________________
Visibility (m)________
~100 of each species
Purple urchin test diameter (cm)
Time:
Total
Beg:______
End:_______
Red urchin test diameter (cm)
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
11
11
Total
12
Comments:
13
14
15
>16
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Invertebrate/Seaweed training Data Sheet
SITE _____________________
Count all orgs. > 2.5 cm
10 Minute goal (30 x 2 m)
Date _______________
Diver:__________________________
Visibility (m)_________
Buddy:_________________________
Transect#:_____
30 x 2 m Transect
Time: Beg:______End:______ Dist
Bull kelp
red abalone (size cm)
Abalones
____
> 30cm
flat abalone (size cm)
____
pinto abalone (size cm)
____
green abalone (size cm)
____ Pterygophora
pink abalone (size cm)
____
Unknown abalone
____
CA spiny lobster
____
CA sea cucumber
____
____
> 30 cm
____
____
bat star
____
short spined sea star
____
giant spined star
____
sun/sunflower star
____ Laminaria spp.
chestnut cowry
____
Kellet's whelk
____
wavy / red turban snail
____
giant keyhole limpet
____
rock crab
____
giant kelp
sheep/masking crab
____
# stipes
gumboot chiton
____ >1m/holdfast
rock scallop
____
large anemone (>10cm)
____
brown/golden gorgonian
(>10cm)
____
red gorgonian (>10 cm)
____
red urchin
____
purple urchin
____
crowned urchin
Black ab (Y/N)
Sargassum muticum Yes____
____ Sargassum filicinum Yes____
Undaria
Yes____ No____
Urchins
Gorgonians
Sea Stars
warty sea cucumber
Slugs/snails
So. sea palm
Crabs
Cucumbers
Transect#:_____
10 Minute goal Time: Beg:______
End:______ Dist
> 30cm
____
> 30 cm
____
# stipes
>1m/holdfast
____
*Do not count seaweed used to attach transect
White ab (Y/N)_______
No____
No____
Other/comments
Caulerpa
Yes____
No____
Subsample abundant organisms: at ~50, stop counting and record distance surveyed along transect (meters)
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