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

Field Activity S204MU

Identifier S204MU
Alternate names S-2-04-MU
Purpose measure coral growth rates under sediment stress
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Greg Piniak, Eric Brown, Univ. of Hawaii. Sampling data (lightmeter, temperature, sedimenttrap) of field activity S-2-04-MU in Maui, HI from 04/17/2004 to 04/22/2004
Location HI
Summary April 17: arrive Maui April 18: recover all corals and sediment traps, do buoyant weights April 19: collect new corals, do buoyant weights April 20: deploy new transplants (and sediment traps) at all field sites, swap light meters April 21: lab work at Maui Ocean Center (coral density, surface areas)
Comments Transplant site; location; depth (m) Sugar Beach 20d 47.222N, 156d 28.250W 2 meters Malaea dock 20d 47.460N, 156d 30.800W 2 meters Malaea Triangle 20d 47.467N, 156d 30.688W 2 meters Malaea East mole 2 20d 47.488N, 156d 30.599W 2.5 meters
Projects
Itinerary
Start Maalaea, Maui 2004-04-17
End Maalaea, Maui 2004-04-22
Bounds
West -156.75
East -155.75
North 21
South 20.25
Activity Sampling

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Piniak, Greg
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Piniak, Greg
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Eric Brown

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Light, Temperature, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
lightmeter Light (no data reported)
temperature Temperature (no data reported)
sedimenttrap Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity