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Field Activity Details for field activity K307PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: K-3-07-PS

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Pete Swarzenski (Chief Scientists, USGS) - Co

Information Specialist(s): PARTNER

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Environmental Data: Light, Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Depth

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine flux and patterns of submarine groundwater discharge and associated nutrients/contaminants to nearshore habitats and their role in conditioning juvenile Chinook salmon habitat

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Seattle, WA

End Port/Location: Seattle, WA

Start Date: 2007-04-28

End Date: 2007-05-04

Equipment Used: electricalresistivity, radiometer, tidemeter, tempsalinometer, piezometer

Information to be Derived: Ra/Rn activities and nutrient concentrations in surface water and groundwater, electrical resistivity cross-sections below sediment-water interface along 100 m transects, temperature and salinity information along transects away from Skagit River through Deception Pass.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Marci Marot

Affiliate Staff:
Chris Reich (USGS) - Scientist
Jamie Grover (USGS) - Captain

Notes: Electrical resistivity cable, Rad7 radon detector, EM seepage meter, piezometer, tide gauge, YSI temperature, salinity sensor

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eric Grossman (USGS) - Chief Scientist
Pete Swarzenski (Chief Scientists, USGS) - Co
Chris Reich (USGS) - Scientist
Marci Marot (USGS) - Scientist
Jamie Grover (USGS) - Captain

Non USGS data manager = Chris Reich

Location:

Whidbey Basin

Boundaries
North: 49.75 South: 47.25 West: -125.75 East: -122.25

Platform(s):


Karluk

Publications

Swarzenski, P.W., Simonds, F.W., Paulson, A.J., Kruse, S., Reich, C., 2007, Geochemical and Geophysical Examination of Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Associated Nutrient Loading Estimates into Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, WA: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, pp. 7022–7029.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
electricalresistivity --- Resistivity
radiometer --- Light
tidemeter --- Tide
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
piezometer --- Depth

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