Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-617-FA

AKA: Nisqually Year 10

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): Renee Takesue

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Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Post-restoration monitoring of sediment, eelgrass, and organic matter changes.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Lacey, WA

End Port/Location: Lacey, WA

Start Date: 2019-05-19

End Date: 2019-05-21

Equipment Used: quadrat, Handheld GPS, Push corer

Information to be Derived: Sediment texture, organic content, carbon isotope ratio, and plant biomarkers; plant metrics.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: (2) vegetations surveys of 10 quadrats each; (4) sediment cores and (6) surface sediments for grain size, carbon, and plant biomarker analyses of select samples.

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Nisqually River Delta

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