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Field Activity Details for field activity 15FWR01

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Marci Marot, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s): Cary Lopez (FWC), Alina Cochran (FWC)

Information Specialist(s): Marci Marot

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Examine effects of sediment resuspension on Pyrodinium cysts distribution and viability.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Clearwater, Florida

End Port/Location: Clearwater, Florida

Start Date: 2015-08-14

End Date: 2015-08-14

Equipment Used: Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter, Digital Camera, Core Barrels, Grab Sampler, Push Corer, Grab Sampler

Information to be Derived: grain size, beryllium-7 and thorium-234 activities, organic matter content

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 4 push cores, water quality parameters

Staff: Marci Marot, Billy Reynolds, Christopher Smith, Cathryn Wheaton

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-329-FA

Location:

Old Tampa Bay/Safety Harbor

Boundaries
North: 28.08167373 South: 27.77986875 West: -82.8094 East: -82.45666504

Platform(s):

photo of Halimeda
Halimeda

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe --- CTD
YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter --- Conductivity
Depth
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrate
ORP
pH
Temperature
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Core Barrels --- Geology
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
Push Corer --- Geology
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology

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