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SBC_010002
This aerial photo of the Carpinteria watershed near Santa Barbara Ecosystem LTER depicts the coastal plain, salt marsh and coastal reef, which is indicated by the breaking waves offshore of the mouth of the estuary.
Date: 11/04/2004
Views: 146
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SBC_runoffplume
Runoff plume at SBC LTER.
Date: 10/28/2005
Views: 113
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1_kelpfish_hoisted_over_goleta_pier
Much of the SBC LTER research on kelp forests and near shore oceanography is conducted from small boats. These boats are trailered to access points with boat ramps or hoists. Here you see a small boat launch operation using a hoist at Goleta Pier, the c
Date: 05/11/2009
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2_Benthic_2
Sessile suspension feeding invertebrates, including sponges, anemones, tunicates and bryozoans cover the rocky reef, competing for space with each other and with benthic algae and kelp. 9/9/2002. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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3_benthic_3
Understory macroalgae and fish on a rocky reef in the SBC LTER. 3/16/2007.(Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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4_Brittle_Star_Barren_3
Brittle stars cover the bottom on some rocky reefs in the SBC LTER.4.17.2008. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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5_Kelp_Forest_12
Kelp plants attach to the rocky bottom with tough holdfasts and grow up towards the surface on strong flexible stipes that are buoyed by gas bladders. When the fast growing fronds reach the surface, they spread horizontally to form the kelp forest canop
Date: 05/11/2009
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6_Frond_turnover_diver_3
A SCUBA diver records the survivorship of marked fronds of a giant kelp plant. These data are used to estimate net primary production.12/7/2006. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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7_Chamber8
Changes in dissolved oxygen is measured in enclosed chambers such as this and used to estimate primary production of understory algae on reefs. 6/30/2008?. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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8_NAS_deploy_1
The deployment of a moored nitrate autoanalyser sensor from a small research vessel to a giant kelp forest. 6/29/2006. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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9_Macrocystis_canopy
The canopy of the kelp forest breaks the surface of the water along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel. 6/8/2007. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
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10_Macrocystis_pyrifera_23
Kelp plants bend with nearshore currents altering flow and the delivery of materials to the kelp forest. 1/14/2005. (Photo by SBC staff) SBC LTER.
Date: 05/11/2009
Views: 115
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