Rocky Intertidal Habitats
Table 2
Areas of special designation, species lists, and monitoring data sets for rocky intertidal sites within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Sites are arranged from north to south and can be located on Figure 1.
1. Area of Special Biological Significance (a State Water Resources Control Board designation)
2. University of California at Santa Cruz
3. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Location | Special Attribute | Citation |
1) Fitzgerald Reserve | Marine Reserve ASBS1 Species list |
California Department of Parks and Recreation State Water Resources Control Board 1979 |
2) Pillar Point | Quantitative survey | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
3) Pigeon Point | Quantitative survey Species list | Foster et al. 1988 J. Pearse (UCSC2) |
4) Franklin Point | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
5) Año Nuevo | State Reserve ASBS Species list | California Department of Parks and Recreation State Water Resources Control Board 1981 Pearse 1980 |
6) Scott Creek | Quantitative survey Species list | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985
J. Pearse (UCSC) |
7) Davenport Landing | Quantitative survey Species list | Foster et al. 1988 J. Pearse (UCSC) |
8) Natural Bridges | State Park Quantitative survey Species list | California Department of Parks and Recreation J. Pearse (UCSC) Beauchamp and Gowing 1982 Foster et al. 1988 DeVogelaere 1991 Malone and Wilson 1994 |
9) Almar Street | Quantitative survey Species list | Foster et al. 1988 J. Pearse (UCSC) |
10) Point Santa Cruz | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
11) Soquel Point | Quantitative survey Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
12) Hopkins Marine Station | Marine Life Lab and Refuge Species list (Endocladia zone) Long term data set | Stanford University Glynn 1965 Barry et al. 1995 |
13) Point Pinos | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
14) Pescadero Rocks | Quantitative survey Species list (mussel zone) Long term data sets | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 DeVogelaere 1991 Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1992, A. De Vogelaere (MBNMS 3) |
15) Carmel Bay | Ecological Reserve | California Department of Fish and Game |
16) Carmel Point | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) Malone and Wilson 1994 |
17) Point Lobos | ASBS Ecological Reserve Species list | State Water Resources Control Board 1979 California Department of Fish and Game |
18) Andrew Molera | State Park Quantitative survey | California Department of Parks and Recreation Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
19) Julia Pfeiffer Burns | Underwater Park ASBS Species list | California Department of Parks and Recreation
State Water Resources Control Board 1980 |
20) Big Creek | Ecological Reserve Landels Hill - Big Creek Reserve Species list | California Department of Fish and Game University of California at Santa Cruz J. Pearse (UCSC) Ferguson 1984 Malone and Wilson 1994 |
21) Mill Creek |
Quantitative survey Species list |
Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 J. Pearse (UCSC) |
22) Point Sierra Nevada | Quantitative survey Long term data sets | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1992 A. De Vogelaere (MBNMS) |
23) Point Piedras Blancas | Quantitative survey | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
24) San Simeon | Quantitative survey | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
2. University of California at Santa Cruz
3. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary