Table 13B

Column_Number Column_Header Variable Variable_Description Notes
1 Site 1 Wyckoff Ledge, San Miguel Island  
1 Site 2 Hare Rock, San Miguel Island  
1 Site 3 Johnson's Lee North, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 4 Johnson's Lee South, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 5 Rodes Reef, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 6 Gull Island South, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 7 Fry's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 8 Pelican Bay, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 9 Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 10 Yellow Banks, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 11 Admiral's Reef, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 12 Cathedral Cove, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 13 Landing Cove, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 14 SE Sea Lion Rookery, Santa Barbara Island  
1 Site 15 Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island  
1 Site 16 Cat Canyon, Santa Barbara Island  
1 Site 21 Miracle Mile, San Miguel Island  
1 Site 22 Cluster Point, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 23 Trancion Canyon, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 24 Chickasaw, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 25 South Point, Santa Rosa Island  
1 Site 26 Devil's Peak Member, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 27 Potato Pasture, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 28 Cavern Point, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 29 Little Scorpion, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 30 Pedro Reef, Santa Cruz Island  
1 Site 31 Keyhole, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 32 East Fish Camp, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 33 Black Sea Bass Reef, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 34 Lighthouse, Anacapa Island  
1 Site 35 Webster's Arch, Santa Barbara Island  
1 Site 36 Graveyard Canyon, Santa Barbara Island  
1 Site 37 Southeast Reef, Santa Barbara Island  
2 Year ordered nominal The year in which the data was collected at a specific site.  
3 Date ordered nominal The date on which the data was collected at a specific site.  
4 Species 5002 Tethya aurantia orange puffball sponge
4 Species 6001 Stylaster californicus California hydrocoral
4 Species 6006 Lophogorgia chilensis red gorgonian
4 Species 6007 Muricea fruticosa brown gorgonian
4 Species 6008 Muricea californica California golden gorgonian
4 Species 9002 Haliotis rufescens red abalone
4 Species 9003 Haliotis corrugata pink abalone
4 Species 9004 Haliotis fulgens green abalone
4 Species 9005 Cypraea spadicea chestnut cowrie
4 Species 9006 Kelletia kelletii Kellet's whelk
4 Species 9007 Megastraea undosa wavy turban snail
4 Species 9008 Lithopoma gibberosa red turban snail
4 Species 9009 Megathura crenulata giant keyhole limpet
4 Species 9010 Crassedoma giganteum rock scallop
4 Species 9012 Haliotis assimilis threaded abalone
4 Species 9014 Tegula regina queen tegula
4 Species 11001 Patiria miniata bat star
4 Species 11002 Pisaster giganteus giant-spined sea star
4 Species 11003 Pycnopodia helianthoides sunflower star
4 Species 11004 Lytechinus anamesus white sea urchin
4 Species 11005 Strongylocentrotus franciscanus red sea urchin
4 Species 11006 Strongylocentrotus purpuratus purple sea urchin
4 Species 11007 Parastichopus parvimensis warty sea cucumber
4 Species 11009 Centrostephanus coronatus Coronado urchin
5 Measurement Length of longest ray The length of the longest ray or arm is measured.  
5 Measurement Maximum diameter The maximum diameter of the organism is measured.  
5 Measurement Maximum shell diameter The maximum diameter of the snail shell is measured.  
5 Measurement Maximum shell length The maximum length of the abalone shell is measured.  
5 Measurement Maximum test diameter The maximum diameter of the urchin test (not including spines) is measured.  
5 Measurement Area of fan The area of gorgonian fans was estimated by measuring the maximum length and width to calculate the area of an ellipse.  
6 Size continuous numeric The size of an individual of a particular species obtained with the indicated measurement methodology. Lengths are in cm, areas in cm squared.