1. Asilomar State Beach Intertidal Monitoring Program Partnerships, Protection and Preservation Cyndi Dawson - Environmental Scientist 2. Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds - 107 acres Fragmented/Urban Closed Pine Forest and Transition Forest 80 acres Restored Dunes 27 acres 1 mile of coastline that includes graniodorite outcrops and small deep water coves Southern leg of Monterey Canyon deep and nutrient rich just offshore 3. PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE 5003.05. Rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 5003 shall also apply on any granted or ungranted tidelands or submerged lands abutting property of the department. including a line running parallel to and 1,000 feet waterward. 4. Department Operations Manual 0311.1 Animal Management Goal A primary goal of animal management in State Park System lands is to protect, restore, maintain, and interpret natural animal populations and their 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 natural abundance, diversity, dynamics, distributions, habitats, and behaviors of native animal populations and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur, including State and federally-listed threatened, endangered, or otherwise sensitive species; . 5. Black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) January 14, 2009 the black abalone was designated endangered under ESA Asilomar is located within federally designated high value critical habitat Broadcast density dependent spawners (3 10 day larval stage) Juveniles eat microbial and diatom films, adults eat macrophytes and drift algae Sources of mortality overfishing, more recently, mass mortalities caused by the disease known as withering syndrome. 6. Critical components of monitoring programs Standardized methods that are comparable to other existing programs and datasets Electronic data management in place prior to the start of data collection Robust quality assurance/control program Use partners to multiply resources and take advantage of existing programs 7. Partners University of Santa Cruz/Pacific Rocky Intertidal Monitoring/Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) (pacificrockyintertidal.org) LiMPETS Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students (limpetsmonitoring.org) MARINe LiMPETS Scientifically robust methods Data management Data dissemination Help protect and preserve abs 8. Methods of monitoring at Asilomar Comprehensive biodiversity monitoring using swath, quadrat and uniform point contact methods High resolution 3-D mapping of monitoring area Fixed quadrat sampling of high density black abalone data 9. Fixed Quads Asilomar ab plots - Bolt to bolt measurements From To Dist Bear A AB1 A 2.49 320 B AB1 B 5.3 2 AB1 C 4.86 27 AB1 Ref1 6.65 130 A AB1 2.49 140 A B 4.05 26 A C 4.4 54 AB1 C B AB1 5.3 182 B A 4.05 206 B C 1.75 116 C AB1 4.86 207 ab/m2 C A 4.4 234 11.66 m2 AB1 area 11.57804 C B 1.75 296 20.47 m2 AB2 area 0.280411 C Ref1 9.2 168 AB2 Ref1 9.01 0 AB2 D 3.9 68 AB2 E 4.33 172 AB2 F 3.35 232 D AB2 3.9 248 D E 6 210 D F 6.95 244 E F E AB2 4.33 352 E D 6 30 E F 3.59 318 F AB2 3.35 52 F D 6.95 64 F E 3.59 138 F Ref1 11.26 0 Ref1 AB1 6.65 310 Ref1 AB2 9.01 180 Ref1 C 9.2 348 AB2 Ref1 F 11.26 180 tri 1 8.4435 D square1 12.0265 20.47 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 of Endangered Species Partnerships provide HUGE cost savings in time and effort Becoming directly involved in long-term monitoring helps DPR have a stronger voice when management decisions are made by other agencies Using existing volunteer groups cuts down on workload and still provides the benefit of public involvement 13. Web Resources http://www. Pacificrockyintertidal.org http://limpetsmonitoring.org/ http://www.eeb.ucsc.edu/pacificrockyintertidal/sites/sitep ages/sansimeonpoint-bio.html http://www.piscoweb.org/policy/marine-resources- policy/collaborative-research-and-monitoring/pisco-2008- monitoring-projects#