Field Activity Details for field activity 2010-605-FA

AKA: Skagit Co. eelgrass surveys

Other ID: North Puget Sound vegetation surveys

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue

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Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Vegetation Survey

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Bayview, WA

End Port/Location: Bayview, WA

Start Date: 2010-07-09

End Date: 2010-07-14

Equipment Used: quadrat, Handheld GPS, pushcore

Information to be Derived: Plant density, measurements ; sediment grain size ; sediment redox

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Eelgrass characteristics and sediment pore water redox were measured at four sites; sediment core intervals for grain-size determinations were collected.

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Skagit County, WA

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