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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-329-FA

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Other ID: 15FWR02

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Marci Marot, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s): Cary Lopez (FWC), Alina Cochran (FWC)

Information Specialist(s): Marci Marot

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Examine effects of sediment resuspension on Pyrodinium cysts distribution and viability.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Clearwater, Florida

End Port/Location: Clearwater, Florida

Start Date: 2015-08-26

End Date: 2015-08-27

Equipment Used: Push Corer, Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter, Digital Camera, Core Barrels, Grab Sampler

Information to be Derived: grain size, beryllium-7 and thorium-234 activities, organic matter content

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 4 push cores, water quality parameters

Staff: Marci Marot, Billy Reynolds, Christopher Smith, Cathryn Wheaton

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Old Tampa Bay/ Safety Harbor

Boundaries
North: 28.08167373 South: 27.77986875 West: -82.8094 East: -82.45666504

Platform(s):

photo of Halimeda
Halimeda

Publications

Marot, M.E., Wheaton, C.J., Smith, C.G., 2017, Seasonal sedimentary data collected from Old Tampa Bay, Florida, 2015â2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7K64G99.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Push Corer --- Geology
15FWR02_SedimentPhysicalProperties.zip (Sediment bulk density, water content, porosity, and loss on ignition for project ID 15FWR02 )
15FWR02_GrainSize.zip (Sediment grain size data for project ID 15FWR02 )
15FWR02_GammaSpectroscopy.zip (Sediment radiochemical data for project ID 15FWR02)
15FWR02_SiteLocations.zip (Station locations for project ID 15FWR02)
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe --- CTD
15FWR02_CTDProfiles.zip (CTD water column profiles for project ID 15FWR02)
YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter --- Conductivity
Depth
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrate
ORP
pH
Temperature
15FWR02_WaterQualityParameters.zip (YSI water quality data for project ID 15FWR02)
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Core Barrels --- Geology
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology

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