Field Activity 2017-613-FA

Identifier 2017-613-FA
Purpose To improve the scientific basis for shallow water habitat restoration to support fisheries in the San Francisco Bay Delta, in collaboration with scientists from the CA Water Science Center.
Location San Francisco Bay Delta, Little Holland Tract, California
Summary sample analysis data submitted to FAD
Info derived Time series of suspended sediment concentration, tidal stage, and wave attributes.
Comments Three days for deployment, two for recovery. Information specialist is Emily Carlson. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-655-FA. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-659-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-663-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-678-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-607-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-623-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-646-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-662-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-669-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-681-FA
Projects
Platform
Fast Eddy (SC)
Boston Whaler 21 foot
Vehicles
MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Itinerary
Start Walnut Grove, CA 2017-01-30
End Walnut Grove, CA 2017-04-14
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -121.729
East -121.63231728
North 38.34440275
South 38.22842333

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jessica R Lacy
Crew members
Jennifer A White
Scientist, Staff
Peter Dal Ferro
Scientist, Staff
Emily Carlson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Emily Carlson
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jon Burau USGS Tara Morgan USGS

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: CTD, Turbidity, Wave, Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
watersamples Conductivity, CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Nitrate, pH, Temperature, Turbidity, Wave (no data reported)
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
sampling equipment Biology, Chemistry, Geology 3
Other Unknown, Mooring (physical oceanography), Biology Monitoring, Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Grain size and bulk density from Little Holland Tract and Liberty Island, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2015 to 2019 (ver. 3.0, April 2023) sampling equipment Grain size distribution and bulk density are reported for sediment samples from two flooded agricultural tracts, Little Holland Tract and Liberty Island, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. Samples were repeatedly collected at 8 sites using a Ponar grab or push core samplers during 19 visits to the study area from 2015 to 2019. The long-term time series data collection stations (sites LWA, HVB, HWC, and LVB) were sampled on almost every field survey, and the remaining sites were sampled 6 or times or fewer, some only once. All samples were analyzed for grain size distribution, and some were analyzed for bulk density. These data provide insight into how particle size distributions varied spatially and temporally. Jessica R Lacy
Water-level, wind-wave, velocity, and suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) time-series data from Little Holland Tract (station HVB), Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2015-2017 sampling equipment Water depth, turbidity, and current velocity time-series data were collected in Little Holland Tract from 2015 to 2017. Depth (from pressure) and velocity were measured in high-frequency (8 Hz) bursts. Burst means represent tidal stage and currents, and burst data can be used to determine wave height, period, direction, and wave-orbital velocity. The turbidity sensors were calibrated to suspended-sediment concentration measured in water samples collected on site. The calibration and fit parameters for all of the turbidity sensors used in the study are tabulated and provided with the data. Data were sequentially added to this data release as they were collected and post-processed. Typically, each zip folder for a deployment period contains one file from a CTD, two files of data from a bursting pressure sensor and two data files from the velocimeter, which includes data from the optical backscatter sensor. Jessica R Lacy
Water-level, wind-wave, and suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) time-series data from Little Holland Tract (station HWC), Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2015-2017 sampling equipment Water depth and turbidity time-series data were collected in Little Holland Tract (LHT) from 2015 to 2017. Depth (from pressure) was measured in high-frequency (6 or 8 Hz) bursts. Burst means represent tidal stage, and burst data can be used to determine wave height and period. The turbidity sensors were calibrated to suspended-sediment concentration measured in water samples collected on site. The calibration and fit parameters for all of the turbidity sensors used in the study are tabulated and provided with the data. Data were sequentially added to this data release as they were collected and post-processed. Typically, each zip folder for a deployment period contains one file from an optical backscatter sensor and two files of data from a bursting pressure sensor. Jessica R Lacy

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity