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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-310-FA

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Other ID: Sediment Trap Cruise

Status: Completed

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): Caitlin Reynolds

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Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect and redeploy sediment trap mooring.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Pensacola, FL

Start Date: 2022-05-14

End Date: 2022-05-17

Equipment Used: Sediment Trap

Information to be Derived: sediment trap samples (foraminifera assemblage and flux data) CTD cast (pH, fluorescence, salinity, temperature, oxygen)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collect 2 sediment traps on the mooring, 21 cup trap and 13 cup trap

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Location:

Northern Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)

Boundaries
North: 28.250117 South: 28.230117 West: -89.137993 East: -89.117993

Platform(s):

photo of Weatherbird II
Weatherbird II

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Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sediment Trap --- Geology

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