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Region: PAC

Geographic Zones: Bird Rocks

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

Dates: 1/1/93 - 9/17/24

Total Surveys: 17

#Species Reported: 64

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 17.75

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 17.69

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)
4California40090418:10
41NORTHERN CALIFORNIA40090418:10
4114S Davenport - Point Lobos Reserve40090418:10
411406Pt Lobos State Reserve40090418:10
4114061Whaler's Cove40090418:10
41140615Bird Rocks40090418:10
TOTALS40090418:10

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
Bar length corresponds to sighting frequency
Color saturation corresponds to density score
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Kelp Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes atrovirens)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.47
Painted Greenling - Greenling
(Oxylebius pictus)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.2
Blue Rockfish - generic ID - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus/diaconus)
SF: 82.35% | DEN: 3.5
Copper Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes caurinus)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 1.62
Gopher Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes carnatus)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 1.77
Striped Seaperch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca lateralis)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 2.23
Kellet's Whelk - Mollusks
(Kelletia kelletii)
SF: 75% | DEN: 1.67
Orange Cup Coral - Cnidarians
(Balanophyllia elegans)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.33
Orange Puffball Sponge - Poriferans
(Tethya aurantia)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.67
White-spotted Anemone - Cnidarians
(Urticina sp.)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2
Blackeye Goby - Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 1.83
Juvenile (YOY) Rockfish - Unidentified - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp. (YOY))
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 3.5
California Sheephead - Wrasse
(Bodianus pulcher)
SF: 64.71% | DEN: 1.82
Pile Perch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus vacca)
SF: 64.71% | DEN: 2.18
Tubesnout - Tubesnout
(Aulorhynchus flavidus)
SF: 64.71% | DEN: 2.55
Kelp Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 1.8
Lingcod - Greenling
(Ophiodon elongatus)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 1.3
Senorita - Wrasse
(Oxyjulis californica)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 2.44
Bat Star - Echinoderms
(Asterina miniata)
SF: 50% | DEN: 3
California Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus californicus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Cobalt Sponge - Poriferans
(Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
SF: 50% | DEN: 0
Giant Kelp - Algae
(Macrocystis integrifolia / pyrifera)
SF: 50% | DEN: 4
Giant Spined Star - Echinoderms
(Pisaster giganteus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Gumboot Chiton - Mollusks
(Cryptochiton stelleri)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Sunflower Star - Echinoderms
(Pycnopodia helianthoides)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Tube-dwelling Anemone - Cnidarians
(Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.5
Rubberlip Seaperch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus toxotes)
SF: 47.06% | DEN: 1.75
Black Perch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.86
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.57
Olive Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serranoides)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 2
Black Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes melanops)
SF: 35.29% | DEN: 2.17
Coralline Sculpin - Sculpin
(Artedius corallinus)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.4
Kelp Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax clathratus)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.2
Kelp Perch - Surfperch
(Brachyistius frenatus)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 2
Snubnose Sculpin - Sculpin
(Orthonopias triacis)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.6
Unidentified Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp.)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 3.2
Giant Keyhole Limpet - Mollusks
(Megathura crenulata)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Lacy Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Phidolopora pacifica)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Leather Star - Echinoderms
(Dermasterias imbricata)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Masking/Sheep Crab - Arthropods
(Loxorthynchus crispatus (L. grandis))
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Northern Sea Palm - Algae
(Pterygophora californica)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3
Opalescent Nudibranch - Mollusks
(Hermissenda crassicornis / opalescens)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Red Turban Snail - Mollusks
(Lithopoma gibberosum)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Southern Sea Palm - Algae
(Eisenia arborea)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3
Unidentified Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis sp.)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Warty Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus parvimensis)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Cabezon - Sculpin
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1.25
Unidentified Surfperch - Surfperch
(Embiotocidae spp.)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 3.25
Vermilion Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes miniatus)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1
Yellowtail Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes flavidus)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 2.25
Grass Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes rastrelliger)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 2
Rainbow Seaperch - Surfperch
(Hypsurus caryi)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Scalyhead Sculpin - Sculpin
(Artedius harringtoni)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 2
White Seaperch - Surfperch
(Phanerodon furcatus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 3
Bat Ray - Eagle Ray
(Myliobatis californica)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Blue Rockfish (was Blue-blotched species) - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
China Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes nebulosus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Giant Kelpfish - Clinid
(Heterostichus rostratus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Halfmoon - Sea Chub
(Medialuna californiensis)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 3
Leopard Shark - Requiem Shark
(Triakis semifasciata)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Speckled Sanddab - Lefteye Flounder
(Citharichthys stigmaeus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Spotted Kelpfish - Clinid
(Gibbonsia elegans)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Stripefin Ronquil (R. alleni) - Ronquil
(Rathbunella alleni)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Wolf-eel - Wolffish
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1