Santa Barbara Coastal LTER - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
Short name
SBC LTER
Country
United States of America
Web Address
SBC LTER
Operating Organisation
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
Site Manager
Robert Miller
Dr. Li Kui
Funding Agency
US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Site Description
The Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research (SBC LTER) site is an interdisciplinary program established in 2000 to understand the ecology of coastal kelp forest ecosystems. Our research is focused on the nearshore waters of southern California, where ocean currents and climate are highly variable with season and longer-term cycles, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. SBC’s principal study domain is a 10,000 square kilometer area of the northern portion of the Southern California Bight that includes the Santa Barbara Channel and the steep coastal watersheds, small estuaries and sandy beaches that border the Channel.
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2024-10-16 20:10:32

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2000
Observed properties
chemical parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameteratmospheric parameterammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentdissolvednutrientpercentcarbonpercentnitrogenpercentorganiccarbonbenthicinvertebratesabundancecommunitycompositionecosystemstructureinorganicnutrientcontentspeciesabundancenitrogencontentplantheightplantcarbonconcentration
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER✔ (LTER-NAM-US-29)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
Projects
GEO-BON
Related Identifiers
https://ror.org/05hnkta08
Photos
Kelp forest
Kelp forest
Geographic
20 km
10 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 34.4125 Longitude: -119.8422

Size
ca. 1463712.20ha
Elevation (average)
0.00msl
Elevation (min)
-588.00msl
Elevation (max)
1005.80msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Coastal
Forest
Chaparral
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Marine
Temperate shelfs and seas
EUNIS habitat
Marine habitats (A)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
15.10°C
Precipitation Annual
463.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Marine Platform
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » XML database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » No staff room
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Equipment notes
The site is coastal marine and many measurements are done underwater by scuba divers or instruments.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy Notes
Data collected under the auspices of the SBC LTER are available to the public after primary publication, or at most two years after the completion of the study unless proprietary restrictions are warranted.
Data Policy URL
http://sbc.lternet.edu//data/data_agreement.html
LTER Site Classification
LTSER