AKA: none
Other ID: WTS21
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)
Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Lacy
Affiliate Investigator(s): Thorne, Karen (USGS WERC)
Information Specialist(s): Samantha McGill
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Conductivity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect data to determine sediment delivery to Whale's Tail marsh and its variation with tidal and wave conditions.
Vehicle(s): MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R, Mitsubishi Outlander G61-0912R
Start Port/Location: Union City, CA
End Port/Location: Union City, CA
Start Date: 2021-06-04
End Date: 2021-08-20
Equipment Used: RiverPro ADCP, Moorings - Tripods, Push corer, Gomex Core, OBS, watersamples, Trimble R10
Information to be Derived: suspended sediment concentration in Bay shallows, marsh creeks, and over marsh, waves and currents in shallows, bed sediment grain size and bulk density
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Water samples were collected and analyzed for suspended sediment concentrations, sediment grabs were collected and analyzed for bulk density and grain size. Tidal creek discharge was measured. Additionally, hydrodynamic data including current velocities, pressure, temperature, salinity, were collected at various locations near the marsh edge and tidal creeks.
Staff: Lukas Winkler Prins, Jackson Currie, Timothy Elfers, Joanne C. Ferreira, Cordell Johnson, Jessica Lacy, Joshua Logan, Rachel Marcuson, Samantha McGill, Jennifer McKee, Daniel Nowacki, Daniel Powers
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-624-FA
Location:
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Alameda County, CA, USA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.60824808 | South: 37.57941251 | West: -122.15045929 | East: -122.1295166 |
Platform(s):
R/V Jewell |  on foot |
Ferreira, J.C.T., Lacy, J.R., McGill, S.C., WinklerPrins, L.T., Nowacki, D.J., Stevens, A., and Tan, A., 2023, Ferreira, J.C.T., Lacy, J.R., McGill, S.C., WinklerPrins, L.T., Nowacki, D.J., Stevens, A., and Tan, A: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P972R6AW.
Ferreira, J.C.T., Nowacki, D.J., and Stevens, A.W., 2024, Oceanographic, water-quality, bathymetric, and discharge data from Whales Tail Marsh tidal creeks, South San Francisco Bay, California, 2021-2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P17ZUBYC.
Ferreira, J.C.T., McGill, S.C., Tan, A.C., and Lacy, J.R., 2023, Grain size, bulk density, and carbon content of sediment collected from Whale's Tail South marsh and adjacent bay floor, South San Francisco Bay, California, 2021- 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98BL0XF.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| RiverPro ADCP | --- | Current | |
| Moorings - Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | |
| Gomex Core | --- | Geology | |
| OBS | --- | Sediment Properties Turbidity Biology Chemistry Geology | |
| watersamples | --- | Conductivity CTD Dissolved Oxygen Fluorescence Nitrate pH Temperature Turbidity Wave | |
| Trimble R10 | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects |
