Other ID: Sed Trap Cruise
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Reconstructing Ocean Circulation & Hydroclimate in the Subtropical Atlantic (GX.23.MN00.U4U15.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Richey
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Caitlin Reynolds
Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect and redeploy the sediment trap mooring.
Vehicle(s): Rental Vehicle
Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA
End Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA
Start Date: 2022-11-28
End Date: 2022-12-01
Equipment Used: Plankton Net, Sediment Trap
Information to be Derived: foraminiferal assemblages and counts, water geochemistry, eDNA
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: collect and redeploy sediment trap mooring, CTD casts, plankton tow
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Northern Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 28.49766083 | South: 26.47057302 | West: -90.17578125 | East: -87.84667969 |
Platform(s):
 Pelican |
Reynolds, C.E., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Robert Thieler, E., Tappa, E.J., Richey, J.N., 2025, Gulf of America Non-Spinose Planktic Foraminifera Culture Study From 2020-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P147MDIE.
Reynolds, C.E., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Thirumalai, K., Tappa, E.J., Richey, J.N., 2025, Insights From Growing Globorotalia Truncatulinoides And Globorotalia Menardii In The Laboratory: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 55 no. 2, pp. 131–143, doi: 10.61551/gsjfr.55.2.131.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plankton Net | --- | Biology | |
| Sediment Trap | --- | Geology |
