Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Arctic Research related to Ocean Acidification (MN00E5V)
Principal Investigator(s): Lisa Robbins
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CO2, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: pH, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Establish baseline values for regional carbon flux between sea and air.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
End Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
Start Date: 2012-04-25
End Date: 2012-04-29
Equipment Used: Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, GPS , Rosette, Sonde sensor, Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pH) , Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pCO2)
Information to be Derived: DIC, pCO2, pH, Alkalinity, d18O, d13C, dD, T, S, Chlorophyll.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Two transects on the west Florida shelf. One transect extends out from Tampa Bay (~10 m to 860 m on the shelf/slope) and the other transect extends from the Big Bend area out to the shelf/slope.
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.41749045 | South: 26.38242478 | West: -82.9372 | East: -82.01763031 |
Platform(s):
 Bellows |
Robbins, L.L., Knorr, P.O., Daly, K.L., Barrera, K.E., 2014, USGS field activities 12BHM01, 12BHM02, 12BHM03, 12BHM04, and 12BHM05 on the west Florida Shelf, in February, April, May, June, and August 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 883, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds883.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe | --- | CTD | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | 2012_April_Navigation (Survey navigation) |
| Rosette | --- | Chemistry | 2012_April_Samples_Station (Station discrete samples) 2012_April_Discrete_Samples_Surface (Surface discrete samples) |
| Sonde sensor | --- | CO2 Temperature pH | 2012_April_Surface_Sonde (Sonde Measurements) |
| Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pH) | --- | pH Experiments (geochemical) Surveys (geochemical) | |
| Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pCO2) | --- | CO2 Experiments (geochemical) Surveys (geochemical) |
