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: GNSS survey data collected at nest/apex, at the primary dune crest, along the turtle crawl path and along cross-shore transect from the waterline to the point where vegetation became impassable. The cross-shore transects and crawl paths were collected continuously at 10 Hz along each by a person walking with an Ashtech ProFlex GNSS unit mounted in a backpack. Nest/apex, dune toe, and primary dune crest were marked by pausing for 10 seconds at each of those locations while collecting data along the cross-shore transect. Post-processed using the nearest base station data from either a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Florida Permanent Reference Network (FPRN) station or a National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS). Melbourne - Mid Reach - surveys on 2 days; mapped 64 emergences; 16 nests; 48 false crawls. Melbourne - South Reach - surveys on 2 days; mapped 68 emergences; 18 nests; 50 false crawls. Jupiter - surveys on 2 days; mapped 73 emergences; 34 nests; 39 false crawls. COVID severely limited data collection this year.
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 |
Platform(s):
Other |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation |
