California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region GIS Lab Jason Dexter, California State University, Monterey Bay, M.S. Graduate Student 20151215 090000 vector digital data PISCO Map Service: 2010/2011 North Central Coast Baseline Surveys of Kelp Forest Ecosystems na http://bios.dfg.ca.gov ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/R7_MR/MANAGEMENT/MPA/MPA_CA_Existing_130101.zip ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets//1300_1399/ds1365.zip California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region GIS Lab 20040101 1 This map service is a synthesis of the baseline characterization of kelp and shallow rock ecosystems inside and outside of several North Central Coast (NCC) MPAs at the time of their implementation. MPAs in the NCC study region (NCCSR) were implemented on May 1, 2010. Baseline characterizations were conducted by the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) between August and October of 2010 and 2011. Visual SCUBA surveys took place at sites within MPAs and at their associated reference sites (sites outside MPA) to establish quantitative baselines for measuring future MPA effects (i.e., changes in community structure due to MPA implementation). This particular map service focuses on PISCO's characterization of fish communities aimed at estimating fish densities and fish size distribution. Refer to the following link for specifics regarding PISCO's “fish survey design” and “fish sampling methodology”: http://www.piscoweb.org/research/science-by-discipline/ecosystem-monitoring/kelp-forest-monitoring/subtidal-sampling-protoco#FishSurvey.Surveys for baseline characterization of kelp forest communities focused on the following MPAs: Point Arena SMR; Sea Lion Cove SMCA; Saunders Reef SMCA; Del Mar SMR; Stewarts Point SMR/SMCA; and Salt Point SMCA. From Point Arena to Salt Point, 35 cells (fundamental sampling units) were sampled via fish transects (inside and outside of MPAs) using stratified sampling across shore and at various depths in the kelp forests (5m, 10m, 15m and 20m). Utilizing PISCO's GPS coordinates of the 35 study cells (points), and details from PISCO's methods (see link above), we created estimated footprints of the areas in which these transects were surveyed (the 35 fundamental sampling units). From there, we also estimated the aggregated site polygons (aggregate sampling units) that comprise either an MPA or an MPA reference site; this resulted in 12 new polygons that were representative of the kelp and shallow rock ecosystems surveyed by PISCO. Stewarts Point SMR and SMCA are combined in the survey summaries to make up one of the ‘aggregate sampling units’ and therefore those feature classes have 11 instead of 12 features.These estimated study areas (fundamental and aggregate sampling units) were then used to synthesize and represent PISCO's fish survey results into the following map service product. The map service is a conglomeration of fish density and fish length metrics for the regions most abundant rockfish and non-rockfish species. The original PISCO data set used to comprise this map service can be found and downloaded at the following Ocean Spaces link: http://oceanspaces.org/data/north-central-coast-pisco-surveys-fish-shallow-rocky-reefs-and-kelp-forest-habitats-2010-2011.The complete ESRI ArcMap project and source summary data can be downloaded at the following California Department of Fish and Wildlife link: ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/R7_MR/BIOLOGICAL/NCCSR_MPAbaseline_PISCOsubtidal_2010-2011.zip This feature class represents fish densities at the PISCO study site scale level. It includes the most abundant rockfish and non-rockfish species within MPAs and their associated reference areas. The data was derived from PISCOs 2010/2011 North Central Coast Baseline kelp forest ecosystem survey. This featureclass is a limited subset of the data for a single species or species group only. Please see links for entire collection below. YOY have been removed from density summaries. Per discussion with PISCO analysts, the decision was made because the YOY have high year to year variation that would not necessarily be representative of the fish assemblages of adults. Summary data independent of the OceanSpaces archive was provided directly from PISCO in this case. 20100801 20101031 PISCO surveyed the kelp forest ecosystems during the months of August to October in 2010 and 2011. 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Monterey CA 93940 US 831.649.7143 831.649.2917 Paulo.Serpa@wildlife.ca.gov 8-5 State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region GIS Lab; in conjunction with Jason D. Dexter of the California State University, Monterey Bay. Unclassified Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333 California Marine Protected Areas California Department of Fish and Wildlife These geospatial data are limited by their method of creation and are primarily for visual representation of the fish survey data. The footprints/polygons for the study areas are rough estimations and should not be used for geospatial analysis. They were created using 35 GPS coordinates (points) from the general survey cells (fundamental sampling unit) as taking by PISCO at the time of the initial surveys. From each point, a polygon was created by drawing a line that started near shore and extended beyond the 20 meter bathymetry contour, and then that line buffered on both sides by 60 meters. Each polygon was then clipped to the depth that PISCOs survey extended to (20 meters). For aggregate study sites (MPA or Reference area), multiple cells were combined by digitizing polygons that extended across shores to link appropriate cells (these were also clipped to the 20 meter bathymetry contour) following the details laid out in PISCOs methods (see link in metadata description above). Potential error stems from the direction in which the initial line from shore was drawn to intersect the GPS coordinate point (i.e., it may have gone in a direction that differed from that which PISCO surveyed). That said, we did the best we could to mirror the study areas based on PISCO methodology and discussions with their data support team. onLine PISCO The original PISCO data set used to comprise this map service can be found and downloaded at the following Ocean Spaces link: http://oceanspaces.org/data/north-central-coast-pisco-surveys-fish-shallow-rocky-reefs-and-kelp-forest-habitats-2010-2011. These data were collected in 2010 and 2011 by PISCO per their contribution to the North Central Coast Baseline Program. MPAs and Reference sites/cells/areas were all clipped to the 20 m bathymetry contour using a clip polygon created via a 20 meter bathymetry contour polyline. 20151101 Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 11 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds1365 Marine Life Protection Act Inititative http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. SiteName Name of study site/area where transects were surveyed. cdfw MPA_Type Tells the type of MPA (e.g., SMR or SMCA) or if the study area is a referece site. cdfw OliveRFAndYellowtailRF2010 mean density of olive and yellotwail rockfish in 2010 (Fishes/100m^2). Hard to differiniate between olive and yellowtail and so PISCO combines them. cdfw OliveRFAndYellowtailRF2010and20 mean density of olive and yellotwail rockfish in 2010 and 2011 (Fishes/100m^2). Hard to differiniate between olive and yellowtail and so PISCO combines them. Note this field name was truncated when converting to SDE feature class CDFW OliveRFAndYelloRF2011 mean density of olive and yellotwail rockfish in 2011 (Fishes/100m^2). Hard to differiniate between olive and yellowtail and so PISCO combines them. cdfw Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region GIS lab mailing and physical

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