This database contains ichthyoplankton data collected as part of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) program and other cruises that were designed to assess the status coastal pelagic species and the California Current ecosystem from 1951 to present. The primary data are eggs and larvae captured in ring or bongo nets (oblique tows), Calvet or pairovet nets (vert...

The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)

Bottle data collected during CalCOFI cruises 1601, 1604, 1607, and 16011, January 2016 - November 2016. The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries Service, and Scripps Institution of Oceanograhpy. The organization was formed in 1949 to study the ecological aspects of the sardine population collapse off California. Today our focus has shifted to the study of the marine environment off the coast of California, the management of its living resources, and monitoring the indicators of El Nino and climate change. CalCOFI conducts quarterly cruises off southern & central California, collecting a suite of hydrographic and biological data on station and underway.

Bottle data collected during CalCOFI cruises 1304, 1307, 1311, and 1402, April 2013 - February 2014. The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries Service and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The organization was formed in 1949 to study the ecological aspects of the sardine population collapse off California. Today our focus has shifted to the study of the marine environment off the coast of California, the management of its living resources, and monitoring the indicators of El Nino and climate change. CalCOFI conducts quarterly cruises off southern & central California, collecting a suite of hydrographic and biological data on station and underway.

Samples collected using the Continuous Underway Fish-Egg Sampler, known as CUFES. The data include numbers of anchovy, sardine, jack mackerel, squid, hake, and unidentified fish eggs captured, and associated environmental.

Original provider: PRBO Conservation Science

Dataset credits: The projects were conducted under the grants awarded to the following organizations and their scientists.

The principle investigators of the CalCOFI part of this dataset are (in the chronological order from 1987 to 2006): Richard Veit and John McGowan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1987-1994) David Hyrenbach, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1994-2000) Bill Sydeman, PRBO Conservation Science (2000-2006)

The principle investigators of the Rockfish part of this dataset is Bill Sydeman, PRBO Conservation Science (1996-2006)

the affiliations are the ones they belonged to at the time of the surveys.

The data were contributed by PRBO Conservation Science. These two projects are on going. See [Supplemental information] for the information on the PIs and organizations in recent years.

Abstract: This dataset contains observation data of marine birds and mammals from California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) from 1987-2006 and Rockfish cruises along the California coast from 1996-2006 by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Data were collected aboard research vessels using standardized marine bird and mammal survey techniques (Tasker et al. 1984, Buckland et al. 1993). Marine birds and mammals were observed in a 90-degree arc from the bow to one side of the ship out to 300m. Counts are summarized by species and behavior along the transects in 3 km bins. Data span years 1987 - 2006.

Location, performance, and summary information about individual net tows.

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Size data for selected larval fish captured in CalCOFI icthyoplankton nets.

The data included in this dataset are bird and mammal observations from aboard research cruises. There are six tables of data: a transect log and observation log pairing for each of the three types of cruises. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) cruises are conducted quarterly off the coast of southern and central California. National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) cruises are a part of the Rockfish Recruitment Survey off the coast of southern and central California. Data were also collected aboard North Pacific Continuous Plankton Recorder (NPCPR) cruises from June 2002 through May 2006. Observations of birds and mammals include both number and behavior in addition to temporal and spatial information recorded along the cruise transect. Data are collected in order to research the interdependent aspects of the marine environment, including the effects of natural and human based climate change, and the broad implications and influences of ocean currents, weather patterns, fishing practices and coastal development on marine food webs and ecosystem processes.

Species and behavior definitions for data codes are available in the "Supplemental Documents" section.

Bottle data collected during CalCOFI cruises 1404, 1407, 1411, and 1501, March 2014 - February 2015. The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries Service and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The organization was formed in 1949 to study the ecological aspects of the sardine population collapse off California. Today our focus has shifted to the study of the marine environment off the coast of California, the management of its living resources, and monitoring the indicators of El Nino and climate change. CalCOFI conducts quarterly cruises off southern & central California, collecting a suite of hydrographic and biological data on station and underway.

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Bird and mammal observations aboard CalCOFI (1987-2021, ongoing), NMFS (1996-2021, ongoing) and CPR (2003-2006, completed) cruises.

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Data

The data included in this dataset are bird and mammal observations from aboard research cruises. There are six tables of data: a transect log and observation log pairing for each of the three types of cruises. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) cruises are conducted quarterly off the coast of southern and central California. National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) cruises are a part of the Rockfish Recruitment Survey off the coast of southern and central California. Data were also collected aboard North Pacific Continuous Plankton Recorder (NPCPR) cruises from June 2002 through May 2006. Observations of birds and mammals include both number and behavior in addition to temporal and spatial information recorded along the cruise transect. Data are collected in order to research the interdependent aspects of the marine environment, including the effects of natural and human based climate change, and the broad implications and influences of ocean currents, weather patterns, fishing practices and coastal development on marine food webs and ecosystem processes.

Acknowledgements

Farallon Institute Advanced Ecosystem Research CalCOFI - Scripps Institution of Oceanography California Current Ecosystem LTER

Sydeman, Bill ( wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org) CCE LTER Information Manager (ccelter.im@gmail.com)

Additional information on NMFS_cruise_observations.csv

***Species** Column*

Codeset: Farallon Species Description: Farallon Institute species code set.

Code     : Definition

BRPE    : Brown Pelican; bird BRCO    : Brandt; bird PALO     : Pacific Loon; bird BFAL     : Black-footed Albatross; bird NOFU     : Northern Fulmar; bird STSH     : Short-tailed Shearwater; bird BVSH     : Black-vented Shearwater; bird LHSP     : Leach; bird FTSP     : Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel; bird PECO     : Pelagic Cormorant; bird RTLO     : Red-throated Loon; bird REPH     : Red Phalarope; bird RNPL     : Red-necked Phalarope; bird EAGR     : Eared Grebe; bird WEGR     : Western Grebe; bird CLGR     : Clarks Grebe; bird POJA      : Pomarine Jaeger; bird LTJA     : Long-tailed Jaeger; bird HEEG     : Heermann's Gull; bird HEGU     : Herring Gull; bird GWGU     : Glaucus-winged Gull; bird WEGU     : Western Gull; bird CAGU     : California Gull; bird BOGU     : Bonaparte; bird ROTE      : Royal Tern; bird BLKI      : Black-legged Kittiwake; bird COMU     : Common Murre; bird RHAU     : Rhinoceros Auklet; bird CAAU     : Cassins Auklet; bird HYGU     : Hybrid Gull; bird WE/CLGR    : Western or Clarks Grebe; bird GW/WEGU   : Glaucus-winged or Western Gull; bird UnID Alcids   : Unidentified Alcids; bird Tern Spp    : Tern species; bird Jaegar Spp    : Jaegar species; bird Phal Spp    : Phalarope species; bird UNCE      : unknown dolphin; mammal CBWH      : Cuviers beaked whale; mammal BBWH      : Bairds beaked whale or Blainville's beaked whale; mammal BLWH      : Blue whale; mammal FIWH       : Fin whale; mammal SEWH      : Sei whale; mammal HUWH      : Humpback whale; mammal SPWH      : Sperm whale; mammal MIWH      : Minke whale; mammal GRWH      : Gray whale; mammal PSWH      : Pygmy sperm whale; mammal DSWH      : dwarf sperm whale; mammal UNWH      : Unknown whale; mammal KIWH      : Killer whale; mammal PIWH/SFP    : Short finned pilot whale; mammal FKWH      : False killer whale; mammal CODO      : Common dolphin; mammal LBCD      : Long-beaked common dolphin; mammal SBCD      : Short-beaked common dolphin; mammal PWSD      : Pacific white-sided dolphin; mammal RIDO       : Risso NRWD      : Northern right whale dolphin; mammal BODO      : Bottlenose dolphin; mammal STDO      : Striped dolphin; mammal UNDO      : Unknown dophin; mammal CAPO      : Dalls porpoise; mammal HAPO      : Harbor porpoise; mammal HASE      : Harbor seal; mammal CASL      : California sea lion; mammal GFSE      : Guadalupe fur seal; mammal NESE      : Northern elephant seal; mammal NFSE      : Northern fur seal; mammal; mammal UNPI      : Unknown pinniped; mammal ANMU     : Ancient Murrelet; bird ARTE      : Arctic Tern; bird ASSP      : Ashy Storm-Petrel; bird
***Behavior** Columns*

Codeset: Farallon Animal Behavior Description: Farallon Institute bird and mammal survey animal behavior code

Code : Definition

1  : In flight 2  : On/in the water 3  : Feeding; also "on/in the water" but hard to see 4  : Ship following 5  : Ship attracted 6  : Bow-riding

LTER Data System Record

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This collection includes data collected from multiple platforms in the coastal waters of California over many years, as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) project. CalCOFI has been observing the California Current since 1949 to understand and predict the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. This collection includes physical measurements and observations of temperature, conductivity, pressure, salinity, density, sound velocity, sigma-t, depth, humidity, photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), light transmission, turbidity, solids, water color, tide, current, sea, swell, wave, weather, wind, cloud, chemical measurements and observations of alkalinity, ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4), nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, pH, phosphate, phosphorus, polychlorinated biphenyls, silicate, urea, biological measurements and observations of chlorophyll, productivity, fluorescence, phaeophytin, phaeopigment, phytoplankton, zooplankton, as well as fishery surveys and other data.

This site contains hydrographic data from 1949-2002. It also has ongoing oceanographic, weather, abiotic and invertebrate (e.g. zooplankton) data and research projects details. Database can be downloaded and PUBLICATIONS link also has a search option to find results and data. Of the multiple ocean transects surveyed only one pertains to the central coast.

This project establishes the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), hosted at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), as a PACE validation program. Project Objectives are to: 1) collect a broad suite of biogeochemical and biological measurements on CalCOFI cruises for future use in developing, refining, and assessing advanced NASA data products; 2) co-locate in situ hyper- and multi-spectral measurements with the required validation measurement suite from CalCOFI stations; 3) Validate performance of in situ radiometry from the PACE observatory.

This layer is intended to represent the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheries’ California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Survey transects. NOAA’s portion of California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) started in 1949 and is led by NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center. This survey is managed by the Fisheries Oceanography Program, composed of the Ichthyoplankton Ecology and Ship Operations groups. These groups work to contribute to the understanding of the effects of climate change and climate variability on pelagic fisheries. Alongside informing management decisions and publishing long-term datasets, the fisheries oceanography program also tracks long-term trends in key habitat variables, assesses stock-recruit and temperature-recruitment relationships for sardine assessments and updates environmental indices. The ship operations group averages 100-120 days at sea annually. Approximately 80 percent of that time is dedicated to the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations program collecting data through cruises. Surveys collect biological data via trawls, acoustic monitoring, and plankton sampling.

2009 Winter CalCOFI. CalCOFI 75 Sta PatternThe California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) are a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries Service and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The organization was formed in 1949 to study the ecological aspects of the sardine population collapse off California. Today our focus has shifted to the study of the marine environment off the coast of California, the management of its living resources, and monitoring the indicators of El Nino and climate change. CalCOFI conducts quarterly cruises off southern and central California, collecting a suite of hydrographic and biological data on station and underway. Data collected at depths down to 500 m include: temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate, silicate, nitrate and nitrite, chlorophyll, transmissometer, PAR, C14 primary productivity, phytoplankton biodiversity, zooplankton biomass, and zooplankton biodiversity.

Oceanographic data collected from chemical analyses of seawater samples (1949 - present)

Overview

This database contains oceanographic data measured from seawater samples collected at CalCOFI stations. Oceanographic data (i.e. the physical features of seawater) includes parameters such as temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a, nutrients, and many more. The Bottle Database spans the entire timeseries – from 1949, when CalCOFI was initiated, to the present. The database is available in four different formats and can be downloaded below.

History of CalCOFI Seawater Sample Collection

Prior to 1993, CalCOFI collected seawater samples using Niskin, Nansen, and “Wally” (in-house design by Walt Bryant & George Anderson) bottles with reversing thermometers. In 1990, CalCOFI began using a CTD-Rosette (pictured here underwater), and starting Aug 1993 (9308NH) CTD-Rosette sampling became the primary method of seawater collection.

The Bottle table contains oceanographic data. This table includes oceanographic measurements for each bottle/sampling depth ever completed on a CalCOFI cruise. There are additional data code and precision columns describing the quality of each oceanographic measurement. Each row is a unique bottle/sampling depth, numbered sequentially/indexed by the “Btl_Cnt” column.

This table is much larger because each cast can have up to 24 bottles/sampling depths.

The Bottle table also has a “Cst_Cnt” column, which serves as a unifier between the Cast.

See below for a key with descriptions and units of each column/field.

The data included in this dataset are bird and mammal observations from aboard research cruises. There are six tables of data: a transect log and observation log pairing for each of the three types of cruises. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) cruises are conducted quarterly off the coast of southern and central California. National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) cruises are a part of the Rockfish Recruitment Survey off the coast of southern and central California. Data were also collected aboard North Pacific Continuous Plankton Recorder (NPCPR) cruises from June 2002 through May 2006. Observations of birds and mammals include both number and behavior in addition to temporal and spatial information recorded along the cruise transect. Data are collected in order to research the interdependent aspects of the marine environment, including the effects of natural and human based climate change, and the broad implications and influences of ocean currents, weather patterns, fishing practices and coastal development on marine food webs and ecosystem processes.

Species and behavior definitions for data codes are available in the "Supplemental Documents" section.

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