Field Activity 2014-616-FA

Identifier 2014-616-FA
Purpose Participate in National Geographic and National Park Service's BioBlitz 2014.
Location San Francisco Bay, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary Collected 5 samples from San Francisco Bay for foraminiferal analysis.
Info derived List of biological organisms living in Golden Gate National Park and surrounding waters and beaches.
Comments Sampling within San Francisco Bay will take place on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission vessel M/V Rincon Point. Sedimentological samples will be sieved onboard. Biological material will be removed and inventoried on site at the Crissy Field Station. No sedimentological or biological samples will be archived or returned to the USGS.
Projects
Platform
Rincon Point
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission M/V
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start San Francisco, CA 2014-03-28
End San Francisco, CA 2014-03-29
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -123.036
East -121.73946708
North 38.18638677
South 37.24394037

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: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Biology, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Van Veen Ship provided a Van Veen. Biology, Geology (no data reported)
navigation Ship provided the navigation. I have no idea what system they had. They just provided our location information. Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity