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Field Activity Details for field activity L0513PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-05-13-PS

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nisqually Reach Nature Center

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

Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure water column turbidity over an eelgrass bed, measure sediment pore-water reduction-oxidation potential (ORP) and sulfide concentration (H2S), and collect eelgrass plants for morphometric determinations.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Luhr Beach, WA and Luhr Beach, WA

End Port/Location: Luhr Beach, WA and Luhr Beach, WA

Start Date: 2013-05-24

End Date: 2013-05-28

Equipment Used: samples

Information to be Derived: Turbidity, temperature, and pressure over the eelgrass bed, pore water H2S, pore water ORP, grain size, eelgrass canopy height, shoot density, biomass.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Renee Takesue

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Renee Takesue

Location:

Washington

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

Platform(s):

Publications

Takesue, R.K., 2016, Environmental and eelgrass response to dike removal: Nisqually River Delta (2010â14): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1169, 25 p.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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