Other ID: MK-1101; IB A-1-01-MK
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Michael Casso, Frances Lightsom
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Environmental Data: Wave, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover, refurbish and redeploy sediment traps with pressure, optical backscatter and microcat sensors. Collect a few bottom sediment samples with a small grab sampler and/or core tube.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Kaunakakai, Molokai, HI
End Port/Location: Kaunakakai, Molokai, HI
Start Date: 2001-11-08
End Date: 2001-11-14
Equipment Used: Dobie wave gauge, Tube trap, Grab sampler, Mooring tripod
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 11/8: Curt Storlazzi and others recover tube trap at Kamiloloa. 11/11: Recovery and deployment of tube traps at Hale Olono, Pala'au, and Kamiloloa. Recover Honjo instrument packages at Pala'au and Kamiloloa. 11/13: Mike Field and Curt Storlazzi deployed tube traps and Dobies at Puko'o and Kamalo. Recovery and deployment of tube traps on mud flat south of Hotel Molokai. 11/14: Deployment of Honjo instrument packages at Pala'au and Kamiloloa. Collection of grab samples at Pala'au and Kamiloloa. Collection of 3 push cores at Pala'au. Deployment of tube trap attached to camera framework west of Kaunakakai wharf. Moorings recovered: 2 (#661 and 662 both deployed FA 01063 ALYCE C Jul. 31 - Aug. 5, 2001). Moorings deployed: 2 (#680 and 681 recovered FA 02027 ALYCE C Feb. 14-15, 2002).
Staff: Michael Bothner, Michael Casso, Richard Rendigs
Affiliate Staff:
Michael Field (Project Chief)
Curt Storlazzi
Susan Cochran and Josh Logan present from USGS-Santa Cruz office.
Notes: Rick Rendigs submitted the Woods Hole dive plan and will be lead diver from the Woods Hole Field Center.
Location:
Kamiloloa, Pala'au, Molokai, Hawaii, United States, North America, North Pacific;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 21.08705 | South: 21.03747 | West: -157.246 | East: -156.79369 |
Platform(s):
 Alyce C |
Bothner, M.H., Reynolds, R.L., Casso, M.A., Storlazzi, C.D., Field, M.E., 2008, Sediment mobility along Moloka`i's fringing coral reef; evidence from sediment traps; Chapter 19 in Field, M.E., Cochran, S.A., Logan, J.B., and Storlazzi, C.D., eds., The coral reef of south Moloka`i, Hawai`i; portrait of a sediment-threatened fringing reef: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5101, doi: 10.3133/sir20075101.
Bothner, M.H., Reynolds, Richard L., Casso, Michael A., Storlazzi, Curt D., and Field, Michael E., 2006, Quantity, composition, and source of sediment collected in sediment traps along the fringing coral reef off Molokai, Hawaii: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 52 no. 9, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.01.008.
Field, M.E., Bothner, M.E., Chavez, P.S., Jr., Cochran, S.A., Jokiel, P.L., Ogston, A.S., Presto, M.K., Storlazzi, C.D., 2008, The effects of a Kona storm on the Moloka`i reef; November and December 2001; Chapter 21 of Field, M.E., Cochran, S.A., Logan, J.B., and Storlazzi C.D., eds., The coral reef of south Moloka`i, Hawai`i; portrait of a sediment-threatened fringing reef: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5101, doi: 10.3133/sir20075101.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobie wave gauge | --- | Wave | |
| Tube trap | --- | Surveys (biological) | |
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 2001-084-FA-SC-001 (CORE, GRAB samples) |
| Mooring tripod | --- | Ground Truthing |
