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Acknowledgements

We would like to give special thanks to Michael Frenock (Oregon State University) for the development and continual enhancement of the interactive map and graphing tool and Ben Miner (Western Washington University) for technical assistance in generating the trend graphs used throughout this website.

This study would not have been possible without the assistance and understanding of the Project Technical Officer, Mary Elaine Helix.

We also could not have completed the work without a large number of volunteers who helped with field work, including Loana Addessi, Bengt Allen, Jessie Altstatt, Mike Ambrose, Monique Ambrose, Katherine Anderson, Araceli Anguiano, Katie Arkema, Joe Bayes, Mike Behrens, Sean Bergquist. Anne Boettcher, Helena Bowman, Debbie Boylen, Chris Bungener, Charlene Burge, Jennifer Burnaford, Tyra Byers, Don Canestro, Miranda Canestro, Jay Carroll, Jim Castle, Sarah Chaney, Henri Chomeau, Rachel Clausen, Lisa Conti, Garrett Cornish, Ann Dalkey, Kristin de Nesnera, Allyson Degrassi, Christian Degrassi, Stephanie Diaz, Rosylnn Dunn, Ginny Eckert, Chris Ehrler, Emily Engle, Shawn Erickson, Seri Feliciano, Nate Fletcher, Melissa Foley, Andrew Fredell, Victor Galvan, Anthony Garcia, Maya George, Amanda Gerrard, Bob Gladden, Constance Gramlich, Charlotte Greene, Mike Hearne, Scottie Henderson, Dave Hinrichs, Scott Holtz, Sarah Horwath, Dave Hubbard, Dania Huggins, Brittany Huntington, Zach Hymanson, Angela Johnson, George Johnson, Korie Johnson, Llad Johnson, Juli Kalman, Catherine Kaminski, Scott Kimura, Leah Kosareff, Julie Lancer,  Shannon Leavey, Shannon Lee, Dave Lohse, Serena Lomonico, Maille Lyons, Laird MacDonald, James Marquez, Dan Martin, Amy McClean, Jamie McConnel, Greg McMichael, Mike Mitchell, Bobette Nelson, Jennifer O'Grady, Julie O'Neill, Dan Orr, Tamsen Peeples, Annalise Petriano, Rachel Piltz, Meredith Raith, Andrew Rice, Dan Richards, Mark Rigby, Jeff Rosaler, Ivan Sanchez, John Sayers, Andy Sharifi, Glenn Sias, Loretta Slusher, Ben Smith, Linda Smith, Lindsay Starrett, John Steinbeck, Jeanine Stier, Brianna Tarnower, Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Jeff Tupen, Carol Vandenberg, Amy Wagner, Kim Walker, Natalie Wenner, Kim Whiteside, Joe Wible, Demian Willette, and Amy Zimmer-Faust.

We would also like to thank Naomi Pleizier and Peter Shellenbarger for their help in the lab.

The BOEM intertidal team provided tremendous assistance in the field. This team consisted of: Ann Bull, Lisa Gilbane, Mary Elaine Helix, Dave Panzer, Fred Piltz, Greg Sanders, and Donna Schroeder.

We would like to thank Don and Miranda Canestro and the University of California Rancho Marino/Kenneth Norris Reserve for providing shelter from the elements and access to the reef. We gratefully acknowledge Hearst San Simeon State Park for access to Point Sierra Nevada and Vista del Mar, the Bureau of Land Management for access to Piedras Blancas, the Hearst Corporation for access to San Simeon Point, Harmony Headlands State Park for site access, Montaña de Oro State Park for access to Hazards, Hollister Ranch for access to Alegria, Carpinteria State Beach for site access, and Vandenberg Air Force Base for access to Boat House, Stairs, Purisima and Occulto. We would like to thank the Orange County Marine Protected Area Counsel and the Crystal Cove State Park for providing assistance and support for our work in Orange County; Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and the Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium for their support of the Point Fermin MARINe site and their support for the 2008 workshop; the Tatman Foundation (specifically, Jerry Chomeau, Henri Chomeau, and Chris Bungener) for their support of the sampling of the two Catalina Island sites (Bird Rock and Little Harbor); the Wrigley Marine Lab for supporting our field stays out there, and John and Robby Mazza and the Malibu Riviera Homeowner's Association for providing access to Paradise Cove.

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