Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science (PES) (KA30CTF)
Principal Investigator(s): Karen Balentine, Ginger Range, Thomas Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s): Kevin Whelan (NPS)
Information Specialist(s): Ginger Range
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect sediment cores to use in the reconstruction of fire history in several locations in Everglades National Park.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Flammingo, Florida
End Port/Location: Flammingo, Florida
Start Date: 2013-05-06
End Date: 2013-05-08
Equipment Used: Peat Corer, Other
Information to be Derived: fossil charcoal
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment cores collected to analyze fossil charcoal down core for fire reconstruction
Staff: Ginger Range
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Platform was 20 ft Seacraft operated by Karen Balentine (FWS). Navigation to sample sites by foot.
Location:
Everglades National Par, South Florida
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 25.43808424 | South: 25.40550386 | West: -81.0734 | East: -80.93439102 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Tiling-Range, G., 2017, Using fossilized charcoal to corroborate the Everglades fire history geodatabase: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VM49G3.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | Fire_history_cores.zip (CSV file containing sediment core location, charcoal abundance and 210Pb ages.) |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
