Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-655-FA

AKA: Bellingham Bay Sediment Trap Study

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): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Liam Horner, Western Washington University

Information Specialist(s): Eric Grossman

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Sediment Properties, Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize suspended sediment transport and accumulation across the nearshore

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Bellingham, WA

End Port/Location: Bellingham, WA

Start Date: 2020-09-14

End Date: 2022-06-30

Equipment Used: camera, Sediment trap

Information to be Derived: Time-series photographs and sedimentation at hourly intervals; sediment for age dating, particle size, carbon, chemistry and contaminant analyses

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Underwater camera-outfitted sediment traps to obtain hourly-scale time-series measurements of sedimentation were deployed at 11 of 23 sedimentation study sites between August 30, 2020 and June 17, 2022 to examine the mechanisms and extent that sediments and associated persistent contaminants (PCBs, PAHs) are redistributed and affect nearshore habitats and bioavailability across the urban Bellingham Bay, northwestern Washington.

Staff: Cordell Johnson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This activity consists of a series of sediment trap deployments, turn-arounds (re-deploymnents) roughly every ~2 months spanning 1-2 years.

Deployments conducted by foot and/or the USGS NWFO 18-ft skiff.

Location:

Bellingham Bay, WA

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Data Acquired