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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-312-FA

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Other ID: 16FWR04

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: 2016-02-01

End Date: 2016-02-01

Equipment Used: Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/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: USGS scientists collected six sediment push cores from three unique sites in Old Tampa Bay, a segment of the larger Tampa Bay estuary. During field sampling, ancillary water quality measurements were collected at each site.

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 Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)
Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)

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) Logger/Probe --- CTD
16FWR04_CTDProfiles.zip (CTD water column profiles for project ID 16FWR04 )
YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter --- Conductivity
Depth
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrate
ORP
pH
Temperature
16FWR04_WaterQualityParameters.zip (YSI water quality data for project ID 16FWR04)
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Core Barrels --- Geology
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
Push Corer --- Geology
16FWR04_GrainSize.zip (Sediment grain size data for project ID 16FWR04)
16FWR04_GammaSpectroscopy.zip (Sediment radiochemical data for project ID 16FWR04)
16FWR04_SiteLocations.zip (Station locations for project ID 16FWR04)
16FWR04_SedimentPhysicalProperties.zip (Sediment bulk density, water content, porosity, and loss on ignition for project ID 16FWR04)
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