Reef Monitoring Resources
Practice makes perfect! We want to provide our volunteers with as many resources as possible to help them continue to improve on their identification abilities, complete underwater surveys and contribute to our breadth of knowledge with regards to the ocean.Training/Review Documents
Survey Method
REEF-Selected Species (Southern California)
Invertebrate/Algal Identification
Invertebrate/Algae - Quiz
Fish Certification Levels
Fish ID - Level 2
Fish ID - Level 3
Fish ID - Level 4
Fish ID - Level 5
Species Review (All Fish)
Fish - Level 2 Quiz
Fish - Level 3 Quiz
Fish - Level 4 Quiz
Fish - Level 5 Quiz
Survey
Reef Monitoring Survey Kits
Underwater survey kits (highly recommended for all surveyors) are available to purchase for $25. This includes a cold water slate with wrist band and pencil, fish and invertebrate identification cards, four underwater survey forms and a year-long membership to SDOF! (Kits are also sold at all Reef Monitoring events)
Click here to buy a Survey Kit
Are you volunteering so much that you need more waterproof paper?
Contact volunteer@sdoceans.org with your mailing address and we’d be more than happy to send you some (sets of four - $0.75).
Useful Links
Reef Environmental Education Foundation
SDOF Reefer Merchandise
Additional References
The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve, Volume 1: La Jolla Cove
Judith Lea Garfield
The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve, Volume 2: La Jolla Shores & Canyon
Judith Lea Garfield
Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast: Common Marine Algae from Alaska to Baja California
Jennifer Mondragon and Jeff Mondragon
Guide to Marine Invertebrates: Alaska to Baja California
Daniel W. Gotshall
Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs: A Guide to the Opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America
Daniel W. Behrens and Alicia Hermosillo
Pacific Coast Inshore Fishes (4th Edition)
Daniel W. Gotshall
Guide to the Coastal Marine Fishes of California: California Fish Bulletin Number 157
Daniel J. Miller and Robert N. Lea (CA Dept. of Fish & Game, Marine Resources Region)
Coastal Fish Identification: California to Alaska
Paul Humann & Ned DeLoach
Probably More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast
Milton Love
Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras of California
David A. Ebert
Whales and Other Marine Mammals of California and Baja
Tamara Eder