New! Beach Watch Online Query System:
http://www.farallones.org/BeachData/BeachWatchData.php
Sixteen years of biological data from 41 beaches in North-Central California are now available through the launching of the new Beach Watch online query system. The Beach Watch shoreline-monitoring program is a public-private partnership of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. Beach Watch was founded in 1993 and covers the outer coast of central California between Bodega Head in Sonoma County through Año Nuevo State Reserve in San Mateo County, as well as beaches inside Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon. Along each beach segment, live bird and marine mammals are counted, dead vertebrates are documented, human and dog activities are recorded, and data are collected on oil and tarball abundance and distribution, vegetation/algae wrack, invertebrates, and stream and lagoon status (opened or closed to the ocean). The online query system allows public access to data on live birds and marine mammals and dead vertebrates. Users can choose different filters and groupings to view the data; for example, the data can be queried for specific species, by individual beaches, or for a particular date range. The data are summarized and can also be displayed in graph form.
Shannon Lyday
Ecosystem Monitoring Manager
Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
P.O. Box 29386
San Francisco, CA 94129
(415) 561-6625 x302
slyday@farallones.org
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: 25 years of protecting our ocean wilderness beyond the Golden Gate
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