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): Andrew Stevens, Renee Takesue
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Quantify changes in eelgrass habitat on the Nisqually River delta
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Olympia, WA
End Port/Location: Olympia, WA
Start Date: 2017-02-19
End Date: 2017-02-25
Equipment Used: GPS, Biosonics 420kHz, YSI Sound velocity CTD, camera
Information to be Derived: nearshore bathymetry, eelgrass presence
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: biosonics, field_notes, gnss, hypack, matlab, photos, planning and SVP data submitted to FAD 2/28/2017
Staff: Andrew Stevens
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Nisqually River delta Washington Puget Sound
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 47.13403817 | South: 47.05452901 | West: -122.75436401 | East: -122.65698581 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Stevens, A.W., Takesue, R.K., and Grossman, E.E., 2020, Eelgrass distributions and bathymetry of the Nisqually River delta, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N9K2I1.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Biosonics 420kHz | --- | Single Beam | Eelgrass distributions and bathymetry derived from an acoustic survey of the Nisqually River delta, Washington, 2017 (This portion of the USGS data release presents eelgrass distribution and bathymetry data derived from acoustic surveys of the Nisqually River delta, Washington in 2017.) |
| YSI Sound velocity CTD | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| camera | --- | Photo | Eelgrass distributions derived from a towed underwater video survey of the Nisqually River delta, 2017 (This portion of the USGS data release presents eelgrass distributions derived from towed underwater video surveys of the Nisqually River delta, Washington in 2017.) |
