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Almar Avenue
- GPS coordinates:
- 36° 57.076’ N, 122° 02.552’ W
- LiMPETS monitoring site since:
- 1975
- Directions:
- This site is off West Cliff Drive in the city of Santa Cruz between Almar Avenue and Fair Avenue. From Mission St (Highway 1), take Swift Street north to West Cliff Drive and turn left. Across from 1212 West Cliff Drive, look for a set of stairs next to a large cypress tree that leads from the bike path to the site.
- Restrooms:
- There are no public rest rooms near the site. Find restrooms nearby at Natural Bridges State Park or at Lighthouse Field.
- Site description:
- This intertidal platform slopes from a high zone through a mussel bed on to a surfgrass bed. This is a site that can have some human traffic, mostly surfers and beachcombers, within and through the intertidal.
- LiMPETS methods:
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- vertical transect
- total counts in a permanent area
- random quadrats in a permanent area
- size measurements in a permanent area
- Download site-specific protocols and datasheets used at this site.
- Permit and visitor information:
- No permit is necessary for monitoring; however collecting of any sort is illegal with out a scientific collecting permit.
- Contact your LiMPETS site coordinator:
- Lisa Emanuelson, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary • 299 Foam St. Monterey, CA 93940 • • (831) 521-9512