AKA: Bellingham Invertebrates and Substrate
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Western Fisheries Research Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)
Principal Investigator(s): Other
Affiliate Investigator(s): Nancy Elder, Western Fisheries Research Center
Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue, Other
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Describe invertebrate communities in eelgrass beds of Bellingham Bay in Summer 2020, and relate to substrate properties.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Bellingham, Washington
End Port/Location: Bellingham, Washington
Start Date: 2019-07-03
End Date: 2020-08-31
Equipment Used: sample, Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample, Push corer
Information to be Derived: Invertebrate species and numbers, grain size, carbon
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 56 sediment samples for Grain Size and Carbon Analyses.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Samples collected by Western Fisheries Research and processed in the PCMSC sediment lab.
PI: Steve Rubin; Information Specialist, Steve Rubin; Platform: Western Fisheries Research center HewesCraft.
Location:
Bellingham Bay, Washington, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 48.80179832 | South: 48.6815315 | West: -122.68376053 | East: -122.45910645 |
Platform(s):
Other |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sample | --- | Surveys (biological) | |
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology | |
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology |
