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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-301-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: Retrieval of instrumentation to analyze sediments, currents and waves. Acquire sediment grab samples.

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: 2019-04-08

End Date: 2019-04-19

Equipment Used: Other, Pressure Logger, Grab Sampler

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

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Retrieved previously deployed sensors/data loggers and also collected grab samples.

Staff: Mitchell Lemon, Billy Reynolds, Legna Torres-Garcia, 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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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Demo logbook (document not focused on specific equipment) Demo: The zip file contains several logbooks. One is an Excel spreadsheet that has logged information for all the systems on the cruise.
2019-301-FA field notes Pressure Logger PI field notebook used during the survey.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Other --- --- ---
Pressure LoggerPressure sensors were retrieved from the study area for data analysis.Mooring (physical oceanography)
Grab SamplerSediment samples were collected at 10 locations in the study site for grain size analysis.Biology
Geology

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