Table 7B

Column_Number Column_Name 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 1001 Chlorophyta green algae
4 Species 2001 Phaeophyta brown algae (miscellaneous)
4 Species 2003 Desmarestia acid weed
4 Species 2007 Cystoseira bladder chain kelp
4 Species 2008 Macrocystis, Pterygophora, and Eisenia combined giant kelp, California sea palm, Southern sea palm
4 Species 2014 Laminaria farlowii oar weed, all
4 Species 2017 Sargassum horneri Sargassum horneri, all
4 Species 3001 Rhodophyta red algae (miscellaneous)
4 Species 3002 Corallinales articulated coralline algae
4 Species 3003 Corallinales encrusting coralline algae
4 Species 3004 Gelidium agar weed
4 Species 3005 Gigartina sea tongue
4 Species 4001 Plantae miscellaneous plants (ie: diatoms)
4 Species 5001 Porifera sponges
4 Species 6003 Corynactis californicus club-tipped anemone
4 Species 6004 Balanophyllia elegans orange cup coral
4 Species 6005 Astrangia lajollaensis La Jolla cup coral
4 Species 7001 Diopatra ornata ornate tube worm
4 Species 7002 Phragmatopoma californica colonial sand-tube worm
4 Species 9001 Serpulorbis squamiger scaled wormsnail
4 Species 10001 Bryozoa bryozoans (miscellaneous)
4 Species 10002 Diaperoecia californica Southern staghorn bryozoan
4 Species 12001 Tunicata tunicates
4 Species 13001 Miscellaneous Invertebrates Miscellaneous Invertebrates
4 Species 15001 Bare Substrate No cover, devoid of organisms
4 Species 15002 Rock An option for the substrate under a point sampled. Rock is unmovable substrate.
4 Species 15003 Cobble An option for the substrate under a point sampled. Cobble can be easily moved by a diver.
4 Species 15004 Sand An option for the substrate under a point sampled. Sand is sediment one can push a finger into without hitting rock.
5 Replicates numeric The number of replicates conducted for each random point contact transect at a specific site in a specific year.  
6 PointsPerReplicate numeric The number of random points sampled on each replicate of a random point contact transect.  
7 CoverMean continuous numeric The mean percent cover of each species at a specific site in a specific year.  
8 CoverSE continuous numeric The standard error of the percent cover of each species at a specific site in a specific year, calculated across replicates.