Field Activity Details for field activity 08LME01

Other ID: This represents Task 9 of BASIS+ project 2090B6J

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

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Principal Investigator(s): Gordon Anderson, Karen Balentine, Thomas Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Gordon Anderson

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Meteorology, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize the surface and groundwater hydrology in the coastal Everglades

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Start Port/Location: Various, all within Everglades NP

End Port/Location: Various, all within Everglades NP

Start Date: 2008-10-01

End Date: 2009-09-30

Equipment Used: Tipping Bucket Rain Gage, YSI 556 Multiparameter Probe, Water Level Recorder

Information to be Derived: Surface-water stage, temperature and conductivity; Ground-water level, temperature and conductivity; Depth and duration of wetland flooding

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This task of the project collects continuous hydrological data from a network of 16 sites along several drainages in the coastal Everglades. Sites vary from freshwater wetlands (in headwater areas) to mangrove forests in downstream, tidal regions.

Staff: Gordon Anderson, Karen Balentine, Ginger Range, Thomas Smith

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Notes: Collects continuous hydrological data from 16 sites along several drainages in the coastal Everglades. Equipment: YSI 600R temperature and conductivity sensor, Float & Pulley water level recorders, metri-tape water level recorders, tipping bucket rain gages.

Location:

Everglades National Park and Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, FL

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