Seastar & Macroinvertebrate Dynamics - BC Central Coast

10.21966/5n09-aq76

The seastar & macroinvertebrate dynamics dataset is a component of the Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program, designed to capture change in rocky intertidal habitats. 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.

The Pisaster ochraceous community was assessed from 2017-2023 at three coastal sites along the northwest edge of Calvert Island on the Central Coast of British Columbia. All three sites were exposed rocky shorelines containing high abundances of P. ochraceous. The abundance, size, and health of P. ochraceous was surveyed within defined swaths of habitat delineated by transects. Other echinoderm species and Katharina tunicata chitons were also surveyed. The sites were surveyed on an approximately monthly basis from May-September.

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Metadata Reference Date(s)	January 13, 2022 (Publication) November 29, 2024 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s)	June 23, 2016 (Creation) January 13, 2022 (Publication) January 26, 2024 (Revision)
Frequency of Update	As Needed

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Froese, Tyrel

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tyrel.froese@hakai.org

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Sadlier-Brown, Gillian

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gillian.sadlierbrown@hakai.org

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Name: Hessing-Lewis, Margot
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Gehman, Alyssa-Lois

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alyssa.gehman@hakai.org

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Name: Closs, Alana
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Name: Manning, Faye
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Name: Savage, Rosie
Affiliation: Hakai Institute
Email: rosie.savage@hakai.org
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Name: Hall, Kyle
Affiliation: Hakai Institute
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Name: VanMaanen, Derek
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Name: Clark, Jennifer
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Name: Monteith, Zachary
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Name: Olson, Angeleen
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Name: Liggan, Lauran
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Ocean Variables	Invertebrate abundance and distribution Other
Scope	Dataset
Status	On Going
Maintenance Note	Generated from https://hakaiinstitute.github.io/hakai-metadata-entry-form#/en/hakai/Q7WjoEJM1Sc9HrFLJCRgKAtMzTH2/-MopDTzbqRUp1a4M25L6
Spatial Extent	{ "coordinates": [ [ [ -128.2, 51.63 ], [ -128.1, 51.63 ], [ -128.1, 51.67 ], [ -128.2, 51.67 ], [ -128.2, 51.63 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }
North Bounding Latitude	51.67
South Bounding Latitude	51.63
East Bounding Longitude	-128.1
West Bounding Longitude	-128.2
Temporal Extent	Begin 2016-06-23
Vertical Extent	Min -5.0 Max 0.0
Default Locale	English
Citation identifier	Code https://doi.org/10.21966/5n09-aq76
Projects	Nearshore
Included in Data Catalogue	Included in Data Catalogue 1 Name CIOOS Pacific Description Home of Canada's Pacific Ocean Data URL https://catalogue.cioospacific.ca Included in Data Catalogue 2 Name Hakai Data Catalogue Description Science on the Coastal Margin URL https://catalogue.hakai.org