Donated data 1998-618-DD

Identifier 1998-618-DD
Alternate names Prince William Sound, Alaska Ballast Sediment Study 1998-1999
Data provider Anson Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland.
Location Ports in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Summary Collected 11 samples from the ballast tanks of 10 vessels.
Info derived Abundance and taxonomy of foraminifera in ballast sediment collected from vessels arriving in Port Valdez, Prince William Sound, Alaska from domestic (San Francisco, CA, Puget Sound, WA, and Long Beach, CA) and international (China, Japan, and Korea) ports. Also looking for the invasive foraminifera Trochammina hadai.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1998-05-19
End (port not specified) 1999-04-30
Bounds
West -146.39614041
East -146.28735745
North 61.14076897
South 61.11443757

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Mary L McGann
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study
Data type: Surveys (biological)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
sample Surveys (biological) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity