1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2017-629-FA

Identifier 2017-629-FA
Purpose Characterize in year 8 postrestoration eelgrass and sedimentary parameters.
Location Nisqually River Delta, South Puget Sound, WA
Summary Data submitted to FAD 8/23/2017 Conducted two vegetation surveys, collected four sediment cores and six surface sediments, and measured temperature at the seabed.
Info derived Grain size, organic carbon content, plant density and morphology, water temperature.
Comments Biological surveys will be conducted with quadrats. Temperature will be measured by Onset loggers.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Tacoma, Washingotn 2017-05-25
End Tacoma, Washington 2017-05-29
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -122.74475098
East -122.67168579
North 47.10863272
South 47.07241016

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Renee K Takesue
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Surveys (biological), Temperature, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (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 reported)
navigation Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity