Non-Harvest Human Impacts to Rocky Intertidal Habitats - A Pilot Project

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Originator: Fox, David

Publish Date: December 1994

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Oregon's rocky intertidal habitats have been subjected to gradually increasing human-use pressures as the coastal and tourist populations have risen over the years. Brosnan and Crumrine (1991,1992) have documented impacts to intertidal communities at Yaquina Head, Sunset Bay, and Haystack Rock that have resulted from people walking on the intertidal habitat. Link (pers. comm, 1993) has observed significant impacts at Arch Cape from past commercial mussel harvest. Impacts on most of the coast have not been documented. Unlike impacts from a catastrophic event or effects of a rapidly growing commercial fishery, most of Oregon's intertidal habitat impacts are subtle and difficult to see. Because of the subtlety of impacts, we have only begun to recognize there is a potential for human impact problems in rocky intertidal areas. If we look to Washington and California for examples, there is clearly a need to begin closer examination of intertidal areas before human impacts become significant and irreversible.

Purpose: Goal: Begin documenting non-harvest human impacts to rocky intertidal habitats Objectives: 1) Develop procedures for observing and recording impacts 2) Design the project for participation by volunteers 3) Begin documenting low tide human use of sites in person-hours 4) Begin documenting activities that may impact marine invertebrates and algae such as picking up, touching, moving, turning over, kicking, etc. 5) Begin documenting the intertidal visitor profile.

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Geographic Extent: Oregon Coast Intertidal Areas

Status: Final

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Format: PDF file

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Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	4894
Year	1994
Publisher
Request Type	Report
Location	Marine Region
Date Created
Date Cataloged
Date Published	1994
Type
Pages	1-17
Volume
Status	0
Descriptor	Habitat; Marine Region
Date Entered	1/1/1999
Location In Clackamas Library
Author
Duplicates
Number Remaining After Requests
Presumed All Distributed
Back Room Duplicates
Author	Fox, D.
Risk	Habitat
Species
Disposition Of Requests	StreamNet Library: Requested, but no copies available
Disposition Of Requests	Jean McCrae: Requested, but no copies available

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