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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-680-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Amy East

Affiliate Investigator(s): Scott Wright, USGS CA Water Science Center Jenny Curtis, USGS CA Water Science Center

Information Specialist(s): Amy East

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect surface samples of sediment in Klamath estuary, to characterize salmonid habitat.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Klamath, CA

End Port/Location: Klamath, CA

Start Date: 2018-11-12

End Date: 2018-11-16

Equipment Used: GPS, Van Veen

Information to be Derived: sediment grain size

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grain size analysis results submitted to FAD by Angela Tan on 4/24/2019. Sediment sample locations submitted to FAD 3/18/2019 by East.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Vessel and equipment are owned and operated by USGS California Water Scinece Center colleagues.

Location:

Klamath estuary, northern California

Boundaries
North: 41.59909717 South: 41.49766365 West: -124.12490845 East: -123.97129557

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

East, A.E., Anderson, C.W., Curtis, J.A., Haught, D.R.W., and Wright, S.A., 2021, Sediment grain-size data from the Klamath estuary, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CAZIHJ.

East, A.E., Anderson, C.W., Curtis, J.A., Haught, D.R.W., and Wright, S.A., 2023, Sediment grain-size data from the Klamath estuary, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MAJHNI.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Van Veen --- Biology
Geology

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