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    Mid-Depth Rocky & Soft-Bottom Ecosystems, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2012

    Metadata Updated: March 30, 2024

    Seafloor habitats deeper than 100 meters make up an estimated 29% (1840 km2) of state waters in southern California, yet they are sampled with far less frequency when compared to shallower waters due to the many challenges associated with sampling in deep water. This difference in the frequency of sampling is concerning given the many economically and ecologically important organisms, along with the unique and productive habitats in which they occur, that are found below 100 m. With the creation of the new network of marine protected areas, over 35% (330 km2) of the State’s shelf and slope deeper than 100 m are now protected within State Marine Reserves and Conservation Areas.

    This dataset represents a multi-year study (September 2011 – January 2015) to characterize mid-depth rocky reef and soft bottom ecosystems in the California Marine Life Protection Act’s South Coast (SC) Study Region. The specific objective was to characterize the seafloor habitats and associated biological communities within and adjacent to the State Marine Reserves (SMRs) and Conservation Areas (SMCAs) at the time of implementation.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 8, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 8, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024
    Publisher California Ocean Protection Council
    Maintainer
    Identifier d41d8004-2411-46ef-9286-dbd9912bc6d6
    Data First Published 2017-12-26T19:39:09.085460
    Data Last Modified 2018-02-06T19:05:44.377559
    Category Natural Resources, Water
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 0e8495e8-ea5b-4cb1-ba65-f4ef99845ecc
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 944067a431200ae89d9c9ec0b20f8c6e32d10c5132b65d1d771d1e5a322fe9c6
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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