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Nearshore Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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Here we provide one of the first systematic, “snapshot” surveys of the entire North Coast Study Region, from the Oregon border to the headland at Poin...

Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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The North Coast has 16 major estuaries that support a wide diversity of plant and animal life, including salmon and other commercially important speci...

California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus), California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2012 to 2013

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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The South Coast Lobster Research Group (SCLRG) was formed in 2011 in response to interest in how MPAs may affect the abundance, size, and behavior of ...

North Coast State of the Region, Snapshots and Supplemental Reports All Habitats 2013 to 2017

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
File types: PDF

Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation on t...

Characterization of Nearshore Fish Communities Associated with Rocky Reef Habitats, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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To characterize the fish communities associated with nearshore rocky reef habitat, we collaborated with commercial passenger fishing vessel (CPFV) cap...

Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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The objectives of this baseline study of rocky intertidal habitats along the North Coast Study Region (NCSR) are to (1) produce a quantitative baselin...

Spatial and Economic Human Uses, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 1992 to 2012

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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This study addresses the South Coast MPA Baseline Program objectives by describing human use patterns across the study region and establishing initial...

Shallow Rock and Kelp Forest Ecosystems, California South Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2011 to 2012

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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We systematically surveyed 94 of the 122 nearshore rocky reefs in the California south coast study region (SCSR). This synoptic baseline survey was co...

Oceanographic Context for Characterization and Future Evaluation, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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Marine ecosystems along the North Coast of California exist in a highly energetic and variable oceanographic environment that strongly influences the ...

ROV Surveys of the Mid-depth and Deep Subtidal Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2015

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, October 17, 2025
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Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE) preformed quantitative baseline surveys within the NCSR in 2014 and 2015 with the overall goal to descr...