Field Activity 09SSP01

Identifier 09SSP01
Purpose Historical trends in Marsh development
Location Mobile Bay AL
Info derived Marsh accumulation/sedimentation rates (xsPb-210 and Cs-137); Ecological succession and sediment sources (Stable C & N isotopes, Forams)
Comments Additional equipment: probes, petite ponar.
Platform
Mako
California Department of Fish and Game At San Pedro/ Long Beach
Itinerary
Start Mobile, AL 2009-09-24
End Mobile, AL 2009-10-02
Bounds
West -88.2078
East -87.66945238
North 30.7215717
South 30.20913418
Topic 74

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Christopher G Smith
Crew members
Christopher D Reich
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Christopher D Reich
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Photo, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
MyronL probe Resistivity, CTD, ORP, Temperature, pH (no data reported)
Camera, Digital, Hand Held Photo (no data reported)
Bottom Grab Sampler Biology, Geology 11
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Push Corer Geology 6

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
09SPP01-SA-pd-16 Bottom Grab Sampler Summary of basic physical properties of surface samples Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-12 Bottom Grab Sampler LOI (loss on ignition) grab samples Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-13 Bottom Grab Sampler Surface sediment data (physical parameters, isotopic signatures, foram abundances) Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-14 Bottom Grab Sampler Foram assemblage counts (living and dead), and the recounts (living and dead) that account for dissolution Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-17 Bottom Grab Sampler Summary of C and N isotopic signatures and C and N content of bulk organic matter Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-1 Push Corer PB-210 and Cs-137 inventories and related parameters Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-15 Push Corer Forams and geochemistry data summary for box cores and marsh cores Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-2 Push Corer summary of basic physical properties of marsh cores Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-3 Push Corer Summary of C and N isotopic signatures and C and N content of bulk organic matter Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-4 Push Corer Linear sedimentation rates and mass accum. rates Christopher G Smith
09SSP01-SA-pd-5 Push Corer List of proposed event layers observed in march cores Christopher G Smith

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Table_1_locations Bottom Grab Sampler Locations of surface samples and box cores Kathryn A Richwine
Table_2_living_counts Bottom Grab Sampler Count of living foraminifera in surface samples Kathryn A Richwine
Table_3_dead_counts Bottom Grab Sampler Count of dead foraminifera in surface samples Kathryn A Richwine
Table_4-10_raw_counts Bottom Grab Sampler Count of foraminifera in box core samples Kathryn A Richwine
Table_11_diss-living Bottom Grab Sampler Analysis of calcareous foraminiferal dissolution of living foraminifera in each sample Kathryn A Richwine
Table_12_diss-dead Bottom Grab Sampler Analysis of calcareous foraminiferal dissolution of dead foraminifera in each sample Kathryn A Richwine

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity