| Identifier | 2017-303-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | 17CCT01 | ||||||||
| Purpose | To deploy sediment tracers and sediment traps at erosion monitoring sites within Grand Bay marshes. | ||||||||
| Location | Grand Bay, MS | ||||||||
| Summary | marsh surface sediment deposition and sediment tracers movement | ||||||||
| Info derived | Marsh surface elevation, water level readings, sediment plates, surface sediment samples | ||||||||
| Comments | Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-358-FA | ||||||||
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| Vehicles | Chevy Suburban Silver |
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| Organization |
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
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| Principal investigators | Kathryn SmithNicole S Khan | ||||||||
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| Data category: | Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling |
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| Data type: | Tide, Turbidity, Wave, Benchmarks, Geology |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| Surface grab sampler | Marsh surface sediments were scraped into a 50mL test tube. | Biology, Geology | (no data reported) |
| Sediment Trap | A ceramic tile is attached to the marsh surface using PVC pipe in order to sample marsh sedimentation | Geology | (no data reported) |
| Water Level Recorder | A Solinst waterlevel logger | Benchmarks | (no data reported) |
| Other | Unknown, Meteorology, CTD, Temperature, pH, CO2, Radon, Conductivity, Current, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Fluorescence, Wave, ORP, Tide, Methane, Depth, Light, Nitrate, Gas Hydrates, Density, Sediment Properties, Osmometic Pressure, Chlorophyll, Nutrients, Pressure | (no data expected) | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | Benchmarks, Navigation | (no data expected) |