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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-676-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Landscape Response to Disturbance (ZP00TJV)

Principal Investigator(s): Amy East

Affiliate Investigator(s): Liam Schenk, USGS OR Water Science Center Jenny Curtis, USGS CA Water Science Center

Information Specialist(s): Amy East

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect surface samples of sediment in Klamath estuary, to characterize salmonid habitat.

Vehicle(s): Explorer G62-2733K

Start Port/Location: Klamath, CA

End Port/Location: Klamath, CA

Start Date: 2023-11-01

End Date: 2023-11-05

Equipment Used: Van Veen, GPS

Information to be Derived: sediment grain size

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grab samples of recently deposited sediment were collected along the shoreline by kayak. Bottom samples were collected with a BMH-60 sampler from a jet-boat.

Staff: Joshua Logan

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-680-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-650-FA.

Location:

Klamath estuary, northern California

Boundaries
North: 41.5618264 South: 41.49854964 West: -124.09812927 East: -123.97075653

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Van Veen --- Biology
Geology
GPS --- Navigation

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