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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-341-FA

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Other ID: 15FWR03

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: 2015-11-04

End Date: 2015-11-04

Equipment Used: Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) Probe, YSI Professional Plus Multiparameter Meter, Digital Camera, Core Barrels, Grab Sampler, Push Corer, Other

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

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 4 push cores at 3 sites in Old Tampa Bay

Staff: Marci Marot, Billy Reynolds, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Old Tampa Bay/Safety Harbor, Florida

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

Platform(s):

photo of Halimeda
Halimeda
photo of 22-ft Twin Vee (R/V G. Hill)
22-ft Twin Vee (R/V G. Hill)

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
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) Probe --- CTD
15FWR03_CTDProfiles.zip (CTD water column profiles for project ID 15FWR03)
YSI Professional Plus Multiparameter Meter --- Conductivity
Depth
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrate
ORP
pH
Temperature
15FWR03_WaterQualityParameters.zip (YSI water quality data for project ID 15FWR03)
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Core Barrels --- Geology
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
Push Corer --- Geology
15FWR03_SiteLocations.zip (Station locations for project ID 15FWR03)
15FWR03_GammaSpectroscopy.zip (Sediment radiochemical data for project ID 15FWR03)
15FWR03_SedimentPhysicalProperties.zip (Sediment radiochemical data for project ID 15FWR03)
15FWR03_GrainSize.zip (Sediment grain size data for project ID 15FWR03)
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