Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-668-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): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Christopher Curran, USGS-WAWSC

Information Specialist(s): Eric Grossman

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Tide, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure bedload sediment transport across tidal flat and flow conditions; measure affects of sediment abrasion on seagrasses and benthic invertebrates.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Luhr Beach, Nisqually Reach, WA

End Port/Location: Luhr Beach, Nisqually Reach, WA

Start Date: 2014-07-14

End Date: 2014-07-15

Equipment Used: Sediment trap, sample, CTD, acousticdoppler, wave/tide gauge, video, camera, navigation, Marine Mammal Observation

Information to be Derived: currents, discharge, bedload transport, sediment grain size, seagrass cover/shoot density/plant height, epibenthic invertebrate biomass/community composition, epifauna invertebrate biomass/community composition along a gradient in sediment disturbance

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: grainsize data on FAD

Staff: Eric Grossman

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Equipment Used-Environmental Data-Other: CTD-Sontek castaway CTD, Tide/Currents-Nortek 2MHz Aquadopp

Location:

Nisqually Delta, Puget Sound, WA

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