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Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-602-DD

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AKA: none

Other ID: Bight '08

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): California Urban Ocean (MU034)

Data Source Information: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological)

Start Date: 2008-07-02

End Date: 2008-09-29

Equipment Used: sample

Information to be Derived: Samples for special study of foraminifera within the Southern California Bight: impact of toxicity on their distribution and the present location of an invasive species (Trochammina hadai Uchio).

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 388 surface grab samples.

Notes: Regional biomonitoring program conducted every 5 years.

Location:

Southern California Bight, Point Conception to US-Mexico border

Boundaries
North: 34.47033512 South: 32.43561304 West: -120.52001953 East: -117.09228516

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
sample --- Surveys (biological)

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