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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-340-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Sedimentology (GX.17.MN00.F1F50.00), Coastal Hazards (GX.20.MN00.E3R60.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Patricia (Soupy) Dalyander, Kimberly Yates

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Legna Torres-Garcia

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To deploy ADCPs, current Profilers and turbidity sensor, as well as sediment collection and perform a bathymetry survey to study wave and ocean circulation and sediment suspension at the Crocker Reef, Islamorada.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Islamorada, Florida

End Port/Location: Islamorada, Florida

Start Date: 2017-11-27

End Date: 2017-12-04

Equipment Used: Grab Sampler, Other, Other

Information to be Derived: Ocean Currents, Ocean Waves, Water Level, Grain Size, Water Depth, Sediment Concentration

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Ocean Currents, Ocean Waves, Water Level, Grain Size, Water Depth, Sediment

Staff: Christopher Moore, Nathan Smiley, Legna Torres-Garcia, Kimberly Yates

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Time Series from Pressure Logger and ocean currents from ADCPs

Location:

Islamorada, Florida, United States, Atlantic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 24.9121 South: 24.8952 West: -80.5296 East: -80.5147

Platform(s):

photo of Halimeda
Halimeda

Publications

Torres-Garcia, L.M., Everhart, C.S., Yates, K.K., Lemon, M.K., Moore, C.S.L., and Buckley, M.L., 2022, Grain-size data from upper Florida Keys: Crocker Reef, FL: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P989A5F5.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
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