Seagrass density surveys on the Central Coast of British Columbia
Citation
Monteith Z (2021). Seagrass density surveys on the Central Coast of British Columbia. Hakai Institute. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.21966/ezev-0v96 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
The Seagrass Site-Level Production dataset is a component of Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program, designed to determine the drivers of change in seagrass ecosystems. The overarching objective of Hakai Nearshore research is to investigate the role of habitats and their associated communities, in the face of stress and disturbances from global climate change and local coastal perturbations. This data package contains seagrass (Zostera marina) primary production observations collected from May 2015 to Feb 2019, at long-term seagrass meadow monitoring sites on British Columbia’s Central Coast. SCUBA divers collected data from 9 sites annually and 1-3 sites seasonally along permanent 30m transects. Primary productivity data was collected during two concurrent, but separate surveys (i.e., different parameters, methodologies, and sample designs). The data files included in this data package are: 1) ‘Habitat’ surveys, focused on landscape-level habitat variables (e.g., substrate type, subdominant vegetation, adjacent habitat types, seagrass patchiness), and 2) ‘Density’ surveys measuring seagrass specific variables at a finer scale (e.g., seagrass shoot density, and canopy height). Data included here are a subset of the Hakai Institute’s seagrass monitoring dataset.Sampling Description
Study Extent
insert infoSampling
insert infoQuality Control
Scientific names associated with resource occurrence records have been mapped to recognized standards - marine taxa have been mapped to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). The WoRMS codes, the AphiaIDs have been included as LSIDs in the occurrence record DwC field scientificNameID. Latitude and longitude coordinates associated with eventIDs/sampleIDs were plotted and locations confirmed to be within the sampling area.Method steps
- see GitHub
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
This dataset consists entirely of Zostera marina presense, no other taxonomic groups are included
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Zostera marinarank: species
Geographic Coverages
Central Coast of British Columbia, N. Calvert Island to McMullin Group
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Zachary Monteithoriginator
position: Biologist
Hakai Institute
1713 Hyacinthe Bay Rd
Heriot Bay
V0P 1H0
British Columbia
CA
email: zach.monteith@hakai.org
homepage: https://hakai.org/science/nearshore-habitats/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pJNu5OYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Zachary Monteith
metadata author
position: Biologist
Hakai Institute
1713 Hyacinthe Bay Rd
Heriot Bay
V0P 1H0
British Columbia
CA
email: zach.monteith@hakai.org
homepage: https://hakai.org/science/nearshore-habitats/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pJNu5OYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
OBIS Canada
publisher
position: data management team
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dartmouth
B2Y 4A2
Nova Scotia
CA
email: obiscanada2017@gmail.com
Zachary Monteith
administrative point of contact
position: Biologist
Hakai Institute
1713 Hyacinthe Bay Rd
Heriot Bay
V0P 1H0
British Columbia
CA
email: zach.monteith@hakai.org
homepage: https://hakai.org/science/nearshore-habitats/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pJNu5OYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra