Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Richey
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Caitlin Reynolds
Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Environmental Data: CTD, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) Sediment Trap.
Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver
Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA
End Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA
Start Date: 2020-02-07
End Date: 2020-02-10
Equipment Used: Plankton Net, Rosette, Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Sediment Trap
Information to be Derived: Foraminifera Flux
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 2 sediment traps, CTD samples, and 39 live G. truncatulinoides.
Staff: Caitlin Reynolds, Julie Richey
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-307-FA
Location:
Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.97499795 | South: 25.63375911 | West: -91.40625 | East: -86.93359375 |
Platform(s):
 Pelican |
Reynolds, C.E., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Robert Thieler, E., Tappa, E.J., Richey, J.N., 2025, Gulf of America Non-Spinose Planktic Foraminifera Culture Study From 2020-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P147MDIE.
Reynolds, C.E., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Thirumalai, K., Tappa, E.J., Richey, J.N., 2025, Insights From Growing Globorotalia Truncatulinoides And Globorotalia Menardii In The Laboratory: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 55 no. 2, pp. 131–143, doi: 10.61551/gsjfr.55.2.131.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plankton Net | --- | Biology | |
| Rosette | The rosette was used to collect CTD information which was submitted as a separate collection. | Chemistry | |
| Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe | CTD cast had lots of errors when deploying. Some temperature, oxygen, sanity, and depth was collected, but not all. | CTD | |
| Sediment Trap | 2 sediment traps were collected. 13 cup trap (poisoned with sodium borate) and 21 cup trap (poisoned with formaldehyde). | Geology |
