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Field Activity Details for field activity B0112WP

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AKA: none

Other ID: B-01-12-WP

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, National Park Service, University of Guam

Funding Program(s): Sediment Dynamics (MU261)

Principal Investigator(s): Nancy Prouty, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Meteorology, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy seabed instrument packages and moorings.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Agat Small Craft Harbor, Guam, U.S. Territories

End Port/Location: Agat Small Craft Harbor, Guam, U.S. Territories

Start Date: 2012-04-16

End Date: 2012-05-01

Equipment Used: CT, weather station, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, coral_core, OBS, GPS, navigation

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joshua Logan, Nancy Prouty, Thomas Reiss, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Mike Gawel (NPS
WAPA) - Resource Program Manager

Notes: BASIS project ID:GR12ZP00DXNX400 (Curt Storlazzi). GX12ZP00DXNA000 (Nancy Prouty) Instrument deployment work in west-central Guam, USA to derive informaton about: tides, waves, currents, acoustic backscatter, optical backscatter, water temperature, salinity, and chlorophyll. Used same platform, R/V Heavy Metal (contract vessel), as associated field activities: B-1-07-WP B-2-07-WP B-1-08-WP

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (Scuba Diver, USGS) - Chief Scientist
Josh Logan (Scuba Diver, USGS) - Information Sepcialist
Tom Reiss (USGS) - Dive Safety Officer
Andrew Stevens (USGS) - Instrumentation Specialist
Nancy Prouty (USGS) - Scuba Diver
Mike Gawel (NPS, WAPA) - Resource Program Manager

Location:

U.S. Territories

Boundaries
North: 13.53607 South: 13.31335 West: 144.635 East: 144.80133

Platform(s):


Heavy Metal

Publications

Prouty, N.G., Storlazzi, C.D., McCutcheon, A.L., and Jenson, J.W., 2014, Historic impact of watershed change and sedimentation to reefs along west-central Guam: Coral Reefs, v. 33 no. 3, pp. 733–749, doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1166-x.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CT --- Conductivity
Temperature
weather station --- Meteorology
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl --- CTD
coral_core --- Biology
OBS --- Sediment Properties
Turbidity
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
GPS --- Navigation
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data (Provisional best file)
navigation --- Navigation

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