Field Activity Details for field activity A109PS

AKA: none

Other ID: A-1-09-PS

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Beach and Nearshore Dynamics, influence on eelgrass (Zostera marina) (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Explore relations between turbidity, leaf photosynthetic activity and plant growth

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Start Port/Location: Friday Harbor, WA

End Port/Location: Friday Harbor, WA

Start Date: 2009-01-13

End Date: 2009-02-03

Equipment Used: navigation, tripod

Information to be Derived: Time series of turbidity at the top of the eelgrass canopy; plant morphometrics

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Turbidity at the top of the canopy and plant growth will be measured over 3 weeks in winter in Picnic Cove, Shaw Island and Shoal Bay, Lopez Island. Related activities: A-1A-09-PS (April 6-7, 2009) A-1B-09-PS (April 27-28, 2009)

Staff: Carrie Craig, Timothy Elfers

Affiliate Staff:
Sandy Wyllie (Measure water column parameters
UW/FHL) - Echeverria
Pema Kitaeff (UW/FHL) - Collect plants

Notes: Tim Elfers: fabrication of tripods (2 weeks), in-field deployment (3 days) Univ. Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories boat Auklet Deploy turbidity sensors, collect eelgrass plants, measure leaf fluorescence.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Renee Takesue (Boat Tender, USGS/WCMG) - Chief Scientist
Tim Elfers (USGS/WCMG) - Assist tripod deployment
Sandy Wyllie (Measure water column parameters, UW/FHL) - Echeverria
Pema Kitaeff (UW/FHL) - Collect plants
Carrie Craig - Collect plants UW/FHL

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Washington

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