Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-618-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: none

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), Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Year 5 monitoring of environmental and eelgrass characteristics at the Nisqually River Delta restoration site.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Luhr Beach, WA

End Port/Location: Luhr Beach, WA

Start Date: 2014-05-15

End Date: 2014-05-18

Equipment Used: aqualogger, Other, Handheld GPS

Information to be Derived: Water column turbidity, sediment texture, pore water reduction-oxidation potential, and eelgrass metrics.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Two shore-normal surveys along permanent transects; surface sediment (3 per transect) for grain-size analysis; in situ pressure, temperature, optical backscatter; four 20 cm-long sediment cores (2 per transect), sectioned for grain-size and pore water sulfides.

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Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity L-05-13-PS

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Nisqually River Delta, Lacey, WA

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