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): Steve Rubin, USGS-WFRC
Information Specialist(s): Eric Grossman
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Examine delta nearshore habitat structure, facies, sediment transport, and benthic invertebrate community composition in response to estuary restoration and sediment disturbance related to the March 22, 2014 Oso (SR530) landslide
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Stanwood, WA
End Port/Location: Stanwood, WA
Start Date: 2015-03-24
End Date: 2015-04-15
Equipment Used: Push corer, camera, Handheld GPS
Information to be Derived: Sediment particle size; carbon content; benthic invertebrate community composition
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: sample analysis on FAD
Staff: Eric Grossman
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-675-FA
Location:
Port Susan Bay, Stillaguamish Delta, WA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 48.2502835 | South: 48.16526094 | West: -122.47 | East: -122.31506348 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Nowacki, D.J., and Grossman, E.E., 2020, Sediment transport in a restored, river-influenced Pacific Northwest estuary: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 106869 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106869.
Nowacki, D.J., Grossman, E.E., and Curran, C.A., 2020, Oceanographic measurements collected in the Stillaguamish River Delta, Port Susan, Washington, USA from March 2014 to July 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RK8H7X.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | |
| camera | --- | Photo | |
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation |
