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Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-313-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Sea Turtle Assessment (FWS) (GR.23.MN00.M1B70.00 )

Principal Investigator(s): David Thompson

Affiliate Investigator(s): Annie Dziergowski - USFWS

Information Specialist(s): David Thompson

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The goal of this project is to assess sea turtle nesting response on different template designs for nourished beaches and how these differ from a "natural beach".

Vehicle(s): Unknown

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2020-06-14

End Date: 2020-08-28

Equipment Used: Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver

Information to be Derived: Beach elevation profiles and sea turtle nesting locations.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Rangley Mickey, David Thompson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Platform: Honda SxS 700-4 UTV
Vehicle: Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)

This FAN covers multiple surveys for the same project.

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-322-FA

Location:

Martin and Brevard Counties, FL

Boundaries
North: 28.19792656 South: 26.90982467 West: -80.71655273 East: -80.0189209

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Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
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