AKA: none
Other ID: S-1-06-PS
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Skagit River System Cooperative, University of Washington
Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)
Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize habitat and habitat use in select subenvironments of Skagit Delta
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: La Conner, Washington
End Port/Location: La Conner, Washington
Start Date: 2006-09-18
End Date: 2006-09-22
Equipment Used: vibratingcore, boxcore, vanVeengrab, ADCP, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, CTD, acousticdoppler, navigation
Information to be Derived: Substrate/benthic habitat properties, benthic macro/microfauna community composition, sedimentation histories, eelgrass biomarker proxies of past eelgrass abundance, porewater and surface water chemistry/quality, current velocities/directions, water temperature, salinity, turbidity, photosynthetic available radiation, dissolved oxygen, Chlorophyll of water column, fish presence and type, eelgrass epiphytes and stable isotopes of epiphytes
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Eric Beamer, Chris Curran, Renee Takesue
Affiliate Staff:
Reg Resienbichler (chief Scientist
Research Fish Biologist
USGS/BRD) - Co
Dennis Rondorf (USGS/BRD) - Research Fish Biologist
Theresa Leidke (USGS/BRD) - Research Fish Biologist
Anthony Paulson (chief Scientist
Research Hydrologist
USGS/WRD) - Co
Raegan Huffman (USGS/WRD) - Hydrologist
Greg Hood (SRSC) - Estuarine Ecologist
Todd Mitchell (Swinomish Office of Planning) - Coordination
Emily Howe (Univeristy of Washington) - Estuarine Ecologist
Notes: 25-ft Whaler, 21-ft Gregor, 21-ft whaler Sediment sampling, coring, pore water and surface water, particualte organic matter collection, habitat mapping with video, boat-mounted ADCP, CTD, and Didson acoustic camera
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eric Grossman (Research Geologist, USGS/CMG) - Chief Scientist
Doug George (USGS/CMG) - Information Specialist
Renee Takesue (USGS/CMG) - Research Geochemist
Reg Resienbichler (chief Scientist, Research Fish Biologist, USGS/BRD) - Co
Dennis Rondorf (USGS/BRD) - Research Fish Biologist
Theresa Leidke (USGS/BRD) - Research Fish Biologist
Anthony Paulson (chief Scientist, Research Hydrologist, USGS/WRD) - Co
Chris Curran (USGS/WRD) - Hydrologist
Raegan Huffman (USGS/WRD) - Hydrologist
Greg Hood (SRSC) - Estuarine Ecologist
Eric Beamer (SRSC) - Fish Biologist
Todd Mitchell (Swinomish Office of Planning) - Coordination
Emily Howe (Univeristy of Washington) - Estuarine Ecologist
Location:
Skagit Delta Bay
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 48.40739 | South: 48.34166 | West: -122.556 | East: -122.51555 |
Platform(s):
Swinomish |
Warrick, J.A., George, D.A., Stevens, A.W., Eshleman, J., Gelfenbaum, G., Kaminsky, G.M., Schwartz, A.K., and Bierne, M., 2010, Beach morphology monitoring in the Elwha River littoral cell, 2004-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 288, 64 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/288/.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| vibratingcore | --- | Geology | Station Information |
| boxcore | --- | Biology Geology | |
| vanVeengrab | --- | Geology | |
| ADCP | --- | Current | |
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | |
| CTD | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Experiments (geochemical) CTD | |
| acousticdoppler | --- | Current | |
| navigation | --- | Navigation | Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format Global positioning system (GPS) data s-1-06-ps.060 (Provisional bets file) |
