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Rocky intertidal monitoring of Wizard Islet in 2002 Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

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In 1997 the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre established a long-term monitoring project to collect baseline data on the distribution and abundance of macroorganisms at two intertidal sites on Wizard Islet in Barkley Sound. Both sites were resampled in 2001. In 2002 ten transects at the exposed site only were resampled (tag numbers unknown), and data is presented here for algal cover (%), invertebrate cover (%), and invertebrate density including sea stars. <p/> Wizard Islet (48°51’29.5”N, 125°09’31”W) is located within the Deer Group Islands in Barkley Sound and has an area of 1.73 hectares at low tide. The sheltered site (with less wave exposure) is located on a 50m stretch of fixed rocky shore on the northeast side and is characterized by Fucus and Phyllospadix (seagrass). The exposed site is located on a 50m stretch of fixed rocky shore on the southwest side and is characterized by Egregia (feather-boa kelp), goose-necked barnacles and Alaria (brown alga).

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Title
Rocky intertidal monitoring of Wizard Islet in 2002
Creator
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Contributor
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Sally Taylor
Date Created
2002
Date Issued
2019-02-20
Description
In 1997 the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre established a long-term monitoring project to collect baseline data on the distribution and abundance of macroorganisms at two intertidal sites on Wizard Islet in Barkley Sound. Both sites were resampled in 2001. In 2002 ten transects at the exposed site only were resampled (tag numbers unknown), and data is presented here for algal cover (%), invertebrate cover (%), and invertebrate density including sea stars. <p/> Wizard Islet (48°51’29.5”N, 125°09’31”W) is located within the Deer Group Islands in Barkley Sound and has an area of 1.73 hectares at low tide. The sheltered site (with less wave exposure) is located on a 50m stretch of fixed rocky shore on the northeast side and is characterized by Fucus and Phyllospadix (seagrass). The exposed site is located on a 50m stretch of fixed rocky shore on the southwest side and is characterized by Egregia (feather-boa kelp), goose-necked barnacles and Alaria (brown alga).
Subject
Earth and Environmental Sciences; Invertebrates; Seaweeds; Long term monitoring; Barkley Sound; Wizard Islet; Rocky intertidal habitat; Wave exposure; Tidal height
Geographic Location
Wizard Islet; British Columbia
Type
Dataset
Language
English
Notes
http://hdl.handle.net/11272/10679
Date Available
2018-11-27
Provider
University of British Columbia Library
License
CC-BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0374295
URI
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/BADMTR
Publisher DOI
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/BADMTR
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Country
Canada
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Dataverse

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