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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-346-FA

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Other ID: Mercenaria pilot studies

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Climate and Land Use Research and Development (GX.21.MN00.E8Z52.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Madelyn Mette

Affiliate Investigator(s): Greg Herbert (USF-Tampa)

Information Specialist(s): Madelyn Mette

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Establishing climate proxies from Mercenaria shells

Vehicle(s): None

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End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2021-09-22

End Date: 2021-09-22

Equipment Used: Hand grab sampling

Information to be Derived: shell growth rate and geochemistry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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Location:

Tampa Bay

Boundaries
North: 28.05743852 South: 27.41566203 West: -82.9083252 East: -82.44140625

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Hand grab sampling --- Geology
Biology
Chemistry

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