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): Melissa Foley, Jonathan Warrick
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Melissa Foley
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: Nitrate, Environmental Data: pH, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor the change in the estuary and nearshore following dam removal on the Elwha River
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
Start Date: 2014-07-24
End Date: 2014-08-01
Equipment Used: water bottle, CTD, watersamples, turbiditymeter, GPS
Information to be Derived: nutrient concentration, chlorophyll concentration, particulate organic matter concentration, stable isotope value
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: water samples and instrument downloads
Staff: Melissa Foley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: YSI Sonde equipment used from Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe;
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-614-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-628-FA
Location:
Elwha River, Port Angeles, Washington
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 48.17341249 | South: 48.06230138 | West: -123.593 | East: -123.48233371 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Foley, M.M., Duda, J.J., Beirne, M.M., Paradis, R., Ritchie, A., and Warrick, J.A., 2015, Rapid water quality change in the Elwha River estuary complex during dam removal: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 60 no. 5, pp. 1719–1732, doi: 10.1002/lno.10129.
Foley, M.M., Shafroth, P.B., Beirne, M.M., Paradis, R., and Ritchie, A.C., 2017, Ecological parameters in the Elwha River estuary before and during dam removal: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
Foley, M.M., Warrick, J.A., Ritchie, A., Stevens, A.W., Shafroth, P.B., Duda, J.J., Beirne, M.M., Paradis, R., Gelfenbaum, G., McCoy, R., and Cubley, E.S., 2017, Coastal habitat and biological community response to dam removal on the Elwha River: Ecological Monographs, v. 87 no. 4, pp. 552–577, doi: 10.1002/ecm.1268.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| water bottle | --- | Surveys (biological) Biology Chemistry | |
| CTD | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Experiments (geochemical) CTD | |
| watersamples | --- | Conductivity CTD Dissolved Oxygen Fluorescence Nitrate pH Temperature Turbidity Wave | |
| turbiditymeter | --- | Turbidity | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation |
