Intertidal temperatures measured via data loggers deployed at 19 rocky intertidal sites in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico from spring 2022 to fall 2023

Abstract

Coastal zones are some of the most productive and most threatened ecosystems on Earth, yet our ability to predict their vulnerability or resilience is limited due to the highly dynamic nature of these habitats. Importantly, surface temperatures measured at broad scales (e.g., by satellites) cannot capture onshore temperatures which vary at meso- and micro-scales due to, e.g., aspect, solar radiation, waves, etc. We monitored intertidal temperatures via data loggers deployed at 19 rocky intertidal sites in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico. Loggers were deployed at 1.0 meter (m) above MLLW (mean lower-low water) at all sites and at 0.5 and 1.5 m at a subset of sites. At each site and tide height (for sites with multiple loggers), completeness of the temperature record varies but most provide continuous records for up to ~18 months from spring 2022 to fall 2023.

For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/926813