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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-665-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Multi-Disciplinary Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00CB4)

Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue

Affiliate Investigator(s): Richard Dinicola (USGS Washington Water Science Center), Kathleen Conn (USGS Washington Water Science Center), Theresa Liedtke (USGS Columbia River Research Lab).

Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Field reconnaissance to select FY15-17 study sites.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Federal Way, Washington

End Port/Location: Seattle, Washington

Start Date: 2014-11-05

End Date: 2014-11-05

Equipment Used: Ponar grab sampler, Handheld GPS

Information to be Derived: Suitability of sites for interdisciplinary nearshore habitat characterization.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Nine small stream deltas visited; ten bed sediment samples were collected from four sites. Grainsize analysis on FAD

Staff: Renee Takesue

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: 1/5/15, Other Platform Name: AquaChalet.
Other platform: a boat from the Washington Water Science Center will be used to access sites.
9/11/2014 needed a platform selection in local platform and 'other' for other platform

Location:

South King County, Washington

Boundaries
North: 47.58613653 South: 47.30397839 West: -122.432 East: -122.26559787

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ponar grab sampler --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Handheld GPS --- Navigation

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