Abalone and Urchin Recruitment Modules - Van Damme State Park, Mendocino County - 2021-2023
An important facet of the Kelp Forest Monitoring project is sampling recruitment of juvenile abalone and sea urchins. Specially designed recruitment modules (RMs) made of stainless steel and filled with ½ concrete cinder blocks as habitat were bolted to the rocky subtidal reef at Van Damme State Park, Mendocino …