Other ID: WFS10###
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Christopher Smith
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Radon, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect surface water and pore water sampling to help determine Submarine Groundwater Discharge and associated nutrient fluxes to the West Florida Shelf and adjacent coastal waters.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Indian Rocks Beach, FL
End Port/Location: Indian Rocks Beach, FL
Start Date: 2010-06-23
End Date: 2010-06-25
Equipment Used: Peristaltic Pump, YSI 556 Multiparameter Probe, Rad 7 Radon Detector
Information to be Derived: Surface water and pore water Radon, Radium, nutrient, and trace metals.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 7 sites were visited and a total of 30 surface and pore/ground water samples were collected.
Staff: Keith Ludwig, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Additional Equipment: YSI 556.
Location:
Offshore Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas County, FL
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.91128481 | South: 27.87641673 | West: -82.8897 | East: -82.84225105 |
Platform(s):
 Halimeda |
Smith, C.G., Swarzenski, P.W., 2012, An investigation of submarine groundwater-borne nutrient fluxes to the west Florida shelf and recurrent harmful algal blooms: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57 no. 2, pp. 471–485, doi: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0471.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peristaltic Pump | --- | Experiments (geochemical) Surveys (geochemical) | |
| YSI 556 Multiparameter Probe | --- | Conductivity | |
| Rad 7 Radon Detector | --- | Radon |
