Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-034-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Biochemical Processes & Budget (LQ00.U0D01)

Principal Investigator(s): Meagan Eagle

Affiliate Investigator(s): Amanda Spivak, Shannon Valley

Information Specialist(s): Jennifer O'keefe Suttles

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: We are studying carbon cycling and sediment accretion dynamics at two marshes in Gulf Shores, AL. One has a tidal restriction that has resulted in a freshened, flooded wetland and the other has natural hydrology. USGS is leading the soil coring and analyses.

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Start Port/Location: Gulf Shores, AL

End Port/Location: Gulf Shores, AL

Start Date: 2021-07-06

End Date: 2021-07-10

Equipment Used: Piston corer

Information to be Derived: Radioisotope dating of marsh sediment cores. Sediment carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur content and isotopic signatures.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Six sediment cores were collected along transects at two study sites. Three cores were collected from the Oyster Bay Nature Preserve and three cores were collected from the Emmet O. and Vina Wenzel Wetland Preserve. Cores were sectioned in the laboratory for further analyses.

Staff: Meagan Eagle

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Two coastal wetland sites connected to Mobile Bay by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Gulf Shores, Alabama (Oyster Bay Nature Preserve and Emmet O. and Vina Wenzel Wetland Preserve).

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