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Region: PAC

Geographic Zones: Gerstle Cove

Survey Types: Fish Only, Invertebrates Only, Fish & Invertebrates

Dates: 1/1/93 - 10/3/24

Total Surveys: 17

#Species Reported: 58

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 9.00

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 13.38

Survey Type: FO = Fish Only; IO = Invertebrates Only; FI = Fish & Invertebrates - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameFOIOFIFOIOFI(H:M)
4California100121313:02
41NORTHERN CALIFORNIA100121313:02
4108S Point Arena - Salmon Creek100121313:02
410801Salt Point State Park100121313:02
41080102Gerstle Cove100121313:02
TOTALS100121313:02

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Color saturation corresponds to density score
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Bat Star - Echinoderms
(Asterina miniata)
SF: 100% | DEN: 4
Gumboot Chiton - Mollusks
(Cryptochiton stelleri)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.25
Red Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis rufescens)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.5
Sunflower Star - Echinoderms
(Pycnopodia helianthoides)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Kelp Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 2.57
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
SF: 81.25% | DEN: 2.23
Blue Rockfish - generic ID - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus/diaconus)
SF: 81.25% | DEN: 2.77
Lingcod - Greenling
(Ophiodon elongatus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 1.75
Orange Puffball Sponge - Poriferans
(Tethya aurantia)
SF: 75% | DEN: 1.33
Pile Perch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus vacca)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.25
Purple Urchin - Echinoderms
(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.67
White-spotted Anemone - Cnidarians
(Urticina sp.)
SF: 75% | DEN: 1.33
Striped Seaperch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca lateralis)
SF: 68.75% | DEN: 2.82
Blackeye Goby - Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.6
Painted Greenling - Greenling
(Oxylebius pictus)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.6
Black Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes melanops)
SF: 56.25% | DEN: 2.22
California Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus californicus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Giant Spined Star - Echinoderms
(Pisaster giganteus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Gopher Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes carnatus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Northern Sea Palm - Algae
(Pterygophora californica)
SF: 50% | DEN: 3
Orange Cup Coral - Cnidarians
(Balanophyllia elegans)
SF: 50% | DEN: 4
Red Sea Urchin - Echinoderms
(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 3.5
Red Turban Snail - Mollusks
(Lithopoma gibberosum)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Sea Lemon - Mollusks
(Peltodoris nobilis)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Cabezon - Sculpin
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
SF: 37.5% | DEN: 1.33
Juvenile (YOY) Rockfish - Unidentified - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp. (YOY))
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 2
Snubnose Sculpin - Sculpin
(Orthonopias triacis)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 1.8
Tubesnout - Tubesnout
(Aulorhynchus flavidus)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 2.6
Unidentified Sculpin - Sculpin
(Cottidae spp.)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 1.6
Bull Kelp - Algae
(Nereocystis luetkeana)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Colonial Sand-tube Worm - Annelids
(Phragmatopoma californica)
SF: 25% | DEN: 0
Leather Star - Echinoderms
(Dermasterias imbricata)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Masking/Sheep Crab - Arthropods
(Loxorthynchus crispatus (L. grandis))
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Red Volcano Sponge - Poriferans
(Acamus erithacus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Rubberlip Seaperch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus toxotes)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Stalked Tunicate - Urochordates
(Styela montereyensis)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Strawberry Anemone - Cnidarians
(Corynactis californica)
SF: 25% | DEN: 0
Coralline Sculpin - Sculpin
(Artedius corallinus)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 1.33
Longfin Sculpin - Sculpin
(Jordania zonope)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2
Silverspotted Sculpin - Sculpin
(Blepsias cirrhosus)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 1
Vermilion Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes miniatus)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 1.67
Bocaccio - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes paucispinis)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1
Kelp Perch - Surfperch
(Brachyistius frenatus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Walleye Surfperch - Surfperch
(Hyperprosopon argenteum)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 3
Black Perch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Buffalo Sculpin - Sculpin
(Enophrys bison)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
China Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes nebulosus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Copper Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes caurinus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Grass Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes rastrelliger)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Kelp Clingfish - Clingfish
(Rimicola muscarum)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Quillback Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes maliger)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Seaperch - Surfperch
(Hypsurus caryi)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 4
Scalyhead Sculpin - Sculpin
(Artedius harringtoni)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Six-spot Prickleback - Prickleback
(Kasatkia seigeli)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Treefish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serriceps)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Unidentified Kelpfish - Clinid
(Clinidae spp.)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
White Seaperch - Surfperch
(Phanerodon furcatus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Wolf-eel - Wolffish
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1