Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-622-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): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize sediment and eelgrass at the Nisqually Restoration Site, seven years after dike removal.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Tacoma, WA

End Port/Location: Tacoma, WA

Start Date: 2016-05-05

End Date: 2016-05-11

Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Push corer, Other

Information to be Derived: Sediment grain size, organic carbon, d13C; pore water redox and sulfide; eelgrass metrics.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Plant survey data species and location information submitted to FAD 5/23/2016. Two vegetation surveys, 13 surface sediment, 4 sediment cores consisting of 14 intervals each.

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Notes: Biological Field Study will consist of eelgrass shoot density counts in 10 quadrats per transect per site. Chemistry sampling will be by push-core.

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Nisqually River Delta, South Puget Sound, Washington, USA

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