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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-350-FA

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Other ID: 16FWR06

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines - SSIEES (GX.18.MN00.F1M10.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Marci Marot, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s): Cary Lopez (FWC)

Information Specialist(s): Marci Marot

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, 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: 2016-09-07

End Date: 2016-09-07

Equipment Used: Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Digital Camera, Push Corer, 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: Collected multiple cores and/or grab samples at 3 sites in Old Tampa Bay. Data collected are CTD, sediment physical properties, grain size, gamma spectroscopy radiochemistry

Staff: Cheyenne Everhart

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

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
16FWR06_CTDProfiles.zip (CTD water column profiles for project ID 16FWR06)
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Push Corer --- Geology
16FWR06_GammaSpectroscopy.zip (Sediment radiochemical data for project ID 16FWR06)
16FWR06_GrainSize.zip (Sediment grain size data for project ID 16FWR06)
16FWR06_SiteLocations.zip (Station locations for project ID 16FWR06)
16FWR06_SedimentPhysicalProperties.zip (Sediment bulk density, water content, porosity, and loss on ignition for project ID 16FWR06)
Core Barrels --- Geology
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology

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