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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-636-FA

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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): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Sarah Grossman, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Squaxin Island Indian Tribe, Nisqually Indian Tribe, Samish Indian Nation, Tsawout First Nation

Information Specialist(s): Eric Grossman

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: pH, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize the variability and processes affecting surface water and water column habitat conditions across the Salish Sea and identify patterns associated with land use and climate change.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Suquamish, WA

End Port/Location: Bella Bella, BC

Start Date: 2014-06-17

End Date: 2014-07-02

Equipment Used: CTD, temperature, watersamples, CT, turbiditymeter, presuresensor, video, camera, Handheld GPS

Information to be Derived: Surface water properties/quality data along several routes of the Coast Salish Tribal Journey

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Temp/Salinity data added to FAD from email 8/11/2015

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: the equipment we will use include:
1. Multiparameter water quality sonde (temperature, conductivity, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity)
2. Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (Profiling) Sensor
3. Hand-held GPS

Location:

Salish Sea

Boundaries
North: 52.23116398 South: 47.15685287 West: -128.161 East: -121.62516276

Platform(s):

photo of Canoe
Canoe

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
temperature --- Temperature
watersamples --- Conductivity
CTD
Dissolved Oxygen
Fluorescence
Nitrate
pH
Temperature
Turbidity
Wave
CT --- Conductivity
Temperature
turbiditymeter --- Turbidity
presuresensor --- Depth
video --- Video
camera --- Photo
Handheld GPS --- Navigation

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