North Coast_Snapshot Volume 2_Abalone Urchin Kelp_2007 to 2016

This is Volume 2 of a series of 5 Snapshot reports highlighting key information about what was happening in the waters of the North Coast region from 2014-2016. This series supports the comprehensive State of the Region Report. This report highlights some key scientific findings from the Kelp and Rocky Reef Monitoring Projects, two of eleven baseline projects in California’s North Coast region.1 These projects characterized the kelp and rocky reef ecosystems (0-30m depth) around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation. Facts and figures are derived from the projects’ peer-reviewed technical reports and associated references.