Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-637-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): Renee Takesue

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Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Year six of monitoring sediment and eelgrass parameters at the Nisqually River Delta restoration site.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Tacoma, WA

End Port/Location: Tacoma, WA

Start Date: 2015-05-17

End Date: 2015-05-22

Equipment Used: Hand-grab sample, Push corer, Handheld GPS

Information to be Derived: Sediment grain size, organic carbon, and geochemistry; seagrass characteristics; short-lived radioisotope profiles; carbon isotope ratios (d13C), plant biomarkers.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: I) Luhr Beach: Four sediment cores, three sediment trenches, five surface sediment, two eelgrass transects, II) restored marsh: 15 freshwater, brackish, and marine plants; three marsh sediment.

Staff: Renee Takesue

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Nisqually River Delta, South Puget Sound, Washington

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