AKA: none
Other ID: Prince William Sound, Alaska Ballast Sediment Study 1998-1999
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Data Source Information: Anson Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland.
Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological)
Start Date: 1998-05-19
End Date: 1999-04-30
Equipment Used: sample
Information to be Derived: Abundance and taxonomy of foraminifera in ballast sediment collected from vessels arriving in Port Valdez, Prince William Sound, Alaska from domestic (San Francisco, CA, Puget Sound, WA, and Long Beach, CA) and international (China, Japan, and Korea) ports. Also looking for the invasive foraminifera Trochammina hadai.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 11 samples from the ballast tanks of 10 vessels.
Notes:
Location:
Ports in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 61.14076897 | South: 61.11443757 | West: -146.39614041 | East: -146.28735745 |
Platform(s):
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sample | --- | Surveys (biological) |
