Field Activity 2024-662-FA

Identifier 2024-662-FA
Alternate names T hadai cores in eastern Central San Francisco Bay
Purpose Collect two cores to run for 210Pb and the abundance of the invasive benthic foraminifera T. hadai.
Location eastern Central San Francisco Bay
Info derived 210Pb and benthic foraminiferal species abundances.
Projects
Platform
Unknown
Itinerary
Start Alameda, CA 2024-11-08
End Point Isabel, CA 2024-11-08
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -122.34478
East -122.22097
North 37.89329
South 37.74569
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Mary L McGann
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) 4

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Radiochemistry (210Pb and 137Cs) of cores BC01 and BC02 obtained in 2024 off Alameda and Point Isabel in San Francisco Bay, California sample This data release provides radiochemistry data (210Pb and 137Cs) of two sediment cores, BC01 and BC02, collected during USGS Field Activity 2024-662-FA in 2024 in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A., off Alameda and Point Isabel, respectively. Mary L McGann
Radiochemistry (210Pb and 137Cs) of cores BC01 and BC02 obtained in 2024 off Alameda and Point Isabel in San Francisco Bay, California sample This data release provides radiochemistry data (210Pb and 137Cs) of two sediment cores, BC01 and BC02, collected during USGS Field Activity 2024-662-FA in 2024 in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A., off Alameda and Point Isabel, respectively. Mary L McGann

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Survey of sites for the presence of the nonindigenous benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai along the west coast of North America from 1930 to 2024 sample Results of a survey of samples collected from 1930 to 2024 along the west coast of the United States from Alaska to San Diego, California as well as Honolulu, Hawaii for the presence of the Asian nonindigenous benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai. Mary L McGann
Census counts of the non-indigenous benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai Uchio obtained in 1983-2024 in San Francisco Bay, California (ver. 2.0, May 2025) sample This data release provides census counts of the non-indigenous benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai Uchio in surface sediment samples obtained in San Francisco Bay, California from 1983-2024. Mary L McGann

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity