10.0311/FK2/E5680AA50FDFEB1474C7D532C5CA7B71
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
Reed, Daniel C
SBC LTER: Reef: Bottom Temperature: Continuous water temperature, - EML 2.2 test for PASTA
Environmental Data Initiative
2019
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eng
https://pasta-d.lternet.edu/package/eml/knb-lter-sbc/13/23
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Giant kelp forests and the organisms living within them are exposed to a variable
environment where biotic and abiotic drivers may affect populations and biological processes
on the scale of hours to decades. To examine temporal and spatial patterns of temperature in
giant kelp forests, SBC has measured ambient water temperature at nine reef sites located
along the mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel and at two sites on the north side
Santa Cruz Island beginning in 2000.
Two submersible temperature loggers, sampling every 30 minutes and offset from each
other by 15 minutes, are deployed so that data is recorded every 15 minutes at each site.
Temperature loggers were retrieved and replaced bi-annually with a new logger, typically in
the early summer (June-July) and in early winter (January-March). These temperature loggers
measure temperature in water within a range of -20°C to 30°C, and accuracy of ± 0.20°C at
25°C.