AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Common Services (Administrative Support) (ZP0000S)
Principal Investigator(s): Mary McGann
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Participate in National Geographic and National Park Service's BioBlitz 2014.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: San Francisco, CA
End Port/Location: San Francisco, CA
Start Date: 2014-03-28
End Date: 2014-03-29
Equipment Used: Van Veen, navigation
Information to be Derived: List of biological organisms living in Golden Gate National Park and surrounding waters and beaches.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 5 samples from San Francisco Bay for foraminiferal analysis.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Sampling within San Francisco Bay will take place on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission vessel M/V Rincon Point. Sedimentological samples will be sieved onboard. Biological material will be removed and inventoried on site at the Crissy Field Station. No sedimentological or biological samples will be archived or returned to the USGS.
Location:
San Francisco Bay, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.18638677 | South: 37.24394037 | West: -123.036 | East: -121.73946708 |
Platform(s):
Rincon Point |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Veen | Ship provided a Van Veen. | Biology Geology | |
| navigation | Ship provided the navigation. I have no idea what system they had. They just provided our location information. | Navigation |
