Table 2. Seasonal transect data summary. 



Species 







Seasonal 



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Code' 



Species 



Common Name 



Variability 

 (S) 



Side 

 East 



Season 



1 



Enteromorpha sp. 





Summer 



2 



Ulva sp. 



Sea lettuce 



NS 



East 



Summer 



6 



C odium fragile 



Deadman's fingers 



(S) 



South 



Summer 



11 



Cystoseira osmundacea 





(S) 



North 



Spring 



12 



Egregia menziesii 





NS 



West 



Summer 



16 



Unid. juv. laminariales 





(S) 



East 



Fall 



20 



Dictyota flabellata 





(S) 



West 



Spring 



22 



Bossiella orbigniana 





(S) 



West 



Spring 



24 



Corallina officinalis 





S 



South 



Summer 



25 



Celidium coulteri 





(S) 



South 



Fall 



26 



G. robustum 





(S) 



North 



Spring 



29 



Gigartina canaliculata 





(S) 



East 



Winter 



30 



G. exasperata 





(S) 



West 



Summer 



34 



Laurencia pacifica 





NS 



West 



Winter 



35 



Lithothamnion- 



Lithophyllam complex 





S 



South 



Spring 



37 



Peyssonellia sp. 





(S) 



South 



Winter 



39 



Prionitis lanceolata 





NS 



North 



Spring 



40 



Rhodoglossum affine 





NS 



North 



Summer 



41 



Rhodymenia sp. 





(S) 



East 



Spring 



42 



R. californica 





(S) 



North 



Winter 



44 



StenogTamme sp. 





(S) 



North 



Summer 



45 



S. interrupta 





(S) 



East 



Summer 



48 



cf. Phormidium sp. 





(S) 



East 



Winter 



68 



Cliona sp. 



Boring sponge 



S 



West 



Winter 



89 



Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta 



Blue leaf sponge 



(S) 



East 



Summer 



103 



Anthopleura sp. 



Anemone 



NS 



South 



Spring 



104 



Astrangia lajollaensis 



Colonial coral 



NS 



East 



Spring 



106 



Corynactis californica 



Colonial red anemone 



S 



West 



Spring 



108 



Lophogorgia chilensis 



Pink gorgonian 



NS 



East 



Spring 



109 



Muricea spp. 



Gorgonians 



S 



North 



Winter 



110 



Paracyathus stearnsii 



Solitary coral 



S 



East 



Winter 



128 



Anomia peruviana 

 Pododesmus cepio 



Jingles 



(S) 



East 



Spring 



148 



Doriopsilla albopunctata 



Yellow sea slug 



S 



West 



Summer 



153 



Kelletia kelletii 



Kellet's whelk 



(S) 



West 



Spring 



155 



Lottia gigantea 



Owl limpet 



NS 



South 



Summer 



157 



Megathura crenulata 



Giant keyhole limpet 



S 



West 



Summer 



158 



Mytilus calif or nianus 



California mussel 



NS 



North 



Spring 



159 



M. edulis 



Bay mussel 



(S) 



North 



Winter 



170 



Serpulorbis squamigerus 



Scaled worm shell 



S 



North 



Fall 



185 



Diopatra ornata 



Worm 



S 



South 



Fall 



186 



Dodecaceria fewkesi 



Worm 



s 



North 



Summer 



187 



Eudistylia sp. 



Feather-duster worm 



NS 



North 



Winter 



200 



Lagenipora punctulata 



Moss animal 



S 



East 



Fall 



201 



Phidalopora pacifica 



Lace moss animal 



S 



East 



Summer 



202 



Scrupocellaria diegensis 



Moss animal 



S 



East 



Fall 



228 



Parastichopus spp. 



Sea cucumber 



S 



East 



Spring 



229 



Patiria miniata 



Bat star 



NS 



North 



Winter 



230 



Pisaster brevispinus 



Pink seastar 



NS 



North 



Summer 



231 



P, giganteus 



Giant seastar 



NS 



West 



Winter 



232 



P. ochraceus 



Ochre seastar 



NS 



East 



Winter 



241 



Strongylocentrotus franciscanus 



Red urchin 



S 



North 



Spring 



242 



S. purpuratus 



Purple urchin 



S 



West 



Fall 



Species code referenced in Appendix B, Table B-1. 



2 



(S) = Significant, based on absence during one or more seasons 

 S = Significant, despite presence during all seasons 

 NS = Not significant at the 95 percent confidence level 



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