California Kelp Forest data request and sharing agreement
Please use this form to contact the data authors as requested in the data sharing statement below.  

We strongly encourage collaboration with the scientists who collect and manage these data and co-authorship when appropriate, and request that the Data User contact the dataset authors to minimize duplicative efforts. The Data User should realize that these data are likely being actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. The Data User has an ethical obligation to cite the data source appropriately in any publication or product that results from its use, and notify the dataset authors  Please send copies of any published manuscript based on these data to the data contact and data creator. The Data User should be aware that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. Extensive efforts are made to ensure that online data are accurate and up to date, but the authors will not take responsibility for any errors that may exist in data provided online. Furthermore, the Data User assumes all responsibility for errors in analysis or judgment resulting from use of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data.


Sign in to Google to save your progress. Learn more
Email *
Please acknowledge that you read and agree to the data sharing agreement above. *
Required
Name (Last, First) *
Position title (student, professor, etc.) *
Organization or Institutional affiliation
 *
Phone Number
Email address *
What questions are you addressing or hope to address with the data? *
How far along on your project are you? *
Type of information needed such as: specific species info, specific site info (e.g. location, site characteristics), species/community/habitat metrics.
We hope to minimize duplicative uses of our data.  One way to do this is to share your submitted information and contact with other data requesters. 
Do you agree to have your information shared with other data requesters?  
 *
Next
Clear form
Never submit passwords through Google Forms.
This form was created inside of University of California, Santa Barbara.

Does this form look suspicious? Report

Google Forms