Data Analysis for Santa Barbara Kelp Forests

See the shiny app at our project page.

Photo Credit: Michael Langhans

Kelp forests throughout California are facing multiple threats due to climate change. Increasing ocean temperatures, extreme marine heat waves, loss of predators and subsequent overgrazing by purple urchins put kelp forests at risk and imperill the multitude of species that depend on them.

This shiny app (built as a part of a graduate couse in Advanced Data Science at UCSB) seeks to visualize the key factors influencing kelp forest health in Santa Barbara.

Acklowledgments: All data included in this app is collected and managed by the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research station (LTER).