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Field Activity Details for field activity S107PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-1-07-PS

Status: Completed

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Sarah Akin (Chief Scientist, Swinomish Tribal Community, Water Resources Program) - Co

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine seafloor substrates and habitats of northern Skagit Bay; ground-truth sonar data collected as part of K-1-07-PS (see link below).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: La Conner, WA

End Port/Location: La Conner, WA

Start Date: 2007-09-17

End Date: 2007-09-22

Equipment Used: VanVeengrab, submersible, GPS

Information to be Derived: video of seafloor morphology, substrate and vegetation type to interpret and classify benthic habitats.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Eric Haskins (Swinomish Tribal Community
Water Resources Program) - Information Specialist

Notes: See related activity K-1-07-PS

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eric Grossman (USGS) - Chief Scientist
Sarah Akin (Chief Scientist, Swinomish Tribal Community, Water Resources Program) - Co
Eric Haskins (Swinomish Tribal Community, Water Resources Program) - Information Specialist

Non USGS data manager = Sarah Akin

Location:

WA

Boundaries
North: 48.44181 South: 48.26507 West: -122.681 East: -122.4164

Platform(s):


Swinomish

Publications

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/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
VanVeengrab --- Geology
Station Information
submersible --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-1-07-ps.060 (Provisional best file)

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