1. Asilomar State Beach Intertidal Monitoring ProgramPartnerships, Protection and Preservation Cyndi Dawson - Environmental Scientist

2. Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds - 107 acresFragmented/Urban Closed Pine Forest and Transition Forest 80 acresRestored Dunes 27 acres1 mile of coastline that includes graniodorite outcrops and small deep water covesSouthern leg of Monterey Canyon deep and nutrient rich just offshore 3. PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE5003.05. Rules and regulations adoptedpursuant to Section 5003 shall also apply onany granted or ungranted tidelands orsubmerged lands abutting property of thedepartment. including a line running parallelto and 1,000 feet waterward. 4. Department Operations Manual0311.1 Animal Management GoalA primary goal of animal management in State Park System lands is toprotect, restore, maintain, and interpret natural animal populations andtheir habitats for the purpose of establishing and maintaining self-sustaining populations in a natural ecological setting.In managing animals and animal habitats, the Department will:a. Preserve, protect and restore the naturalabundance, diversity, dynamics, distributions, habitats, and behaviors ofnative animal populations and the communities and ecosystems in whichthey occur, including State and federally-listed threatened, endangered, orotherwise sensitive species;. 5. Black abalone(Haliotis cracherodii) January 14, 2009 the black abalone was designatedendangered under ESA Asilomar is located within federally designated highvalue critical habitat Broadcast density dependent spawners (3 10 daylarval stage) Juveniles eat microbial and diatom films, adults eatmacrophytes and drift algae Sources of mortality overfishing, more recently, massmortalities caused by the disease known as witheringsyndrome. 6. Critical components of monitoring programs Standardized methods that are comparable to otherexisting programs and datasets Electronic data management in place prior to thestart of data collection Robust quality assurance/control program Use partners to multiply resources and takeadvantage of existing programs 7. Partners University of Santa Cruz/Pacific Rocky IntertidalMonitoring/Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network(MARINe) (pacificrockyintertidal.org) LiMPETS Long-term Monitoring Program andExperiential Training for Students (limpetsmonitoring.org)MARINe LiMPETSScientifically robust methodsData managementData disseminationHelp protect and preserve abs 8. Methods of monitoring atAsilomar Comprehensive biodiversity monitoring usingswath, quadrat and uniform point contactmethods High resolution 3-D mapping of monitoring area Fixed quadrat sampling of high density blackabalone data 9. Asilomar ab plots - Bolt to bolt measurementsFromToDistBearAAB1 A2.49320BAB1 B 5.3 2AB1 C4.8627AB1 Ref1 6.65130A AB12.49140A B4.05 26A C 4.4 54AB1 CB AB1 5.3182B A4.05206B C1.75116C AB14.86207ab/m2C A 4.423411.66 m2 AB1 area11.57804C B1.7529620.47 m2 AB2 area0.280411C Ref19.2168AB2 Ref1 9.010AB2 D 3.9 68AB2 E4.33172AB2 F3.35232D AB2 3.9248D E 6210D F6.95244E FE AB24.33352E D 6 30E F3.59318F AB23.35 52F D6.95 64F E3.59138F Ref111.260Ref1AB16.65310Ref1AB29.01180Ref1C 9.2348AB2Ref1F 11.26180Fixed Quadstri 1square1 8.443512.026520.47D 10. Results 11. Species Richness and Percent Cover 115 species of invertebrates and algae 4 species of sea star, 2 species of abalone 12. Conclusions Meeting Department mandates requires monitoring ofEndangered Species Partnerships provide HUGE cost savings in time andeffort Becoming directly involved in long-term monitoringhelps DPR have a stronger voice when managementdecisions are made by other agencies Using existing volunteer groups cuts down on workloadand still provides the benefit of public involvement 13. Web Resources http://www. Pacificrockyintertidal.org http://limpetsmonitoring.org/ http://www.eeb.ucsc.edu/pacificrockyintertidal/sites/sitepages/sansimeonpoint-bio.html http://www.piscoweb.org/policy/marine-resources-policy/collaborative-research-and-monitoring/pisco-2008-monitoring-projects#