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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-356-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Hazards (GX.20.MN00.E3R60.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Legna Torres-Garcia, Kimberly Yates

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Legna Torres-Garcia

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deployment of instrumentation to analyze sediments, currents and waves.

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

Start Port/Location: St Petersburg, Florida

End Port/Location: St Petersburg, Florida

Start Date: 2018-12-03

End Date: 2018-12-14

Equipment Used: Grab Sampler, Pressure Logger, Other

Information to be Derived: Grain Size, currents, waves, sediment transport, pressure, temperature.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grain Size, currents, waves, sediment transport, pressure, temperature.

Staff: Mitchell Lemon, Hunter Wilcox

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Islamorada, Florida Keys. Crocker Reef

Boundaries
North: 24.94316022 South: 24.88066844 West: -80.64923711 East: -80.50928689

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
Pressure Logger --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Other --- --- ---

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