Field Activity 2015-687-FA

Identifier 2015-687-FA
Also known as CHIPS 2015 Skagit nearshore sediment/invertebrates
Purpose Characterize nearshore substrate and sediment impacts to juvenile salmon habitat and food prey
Location Skagit River Delta, Puget Sound, Western Washington, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary Grain size data analyzed in PCMSC sediment lab.
Info derived grain size, benthic invertebrate composition
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Fir Island, Skagit County, Washington 2015-07-01
End Fir Island, Skagit County, Washington 2015-08-28
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -122.61566162
East -122.36022949
North 48.42373282
South 48.25759853

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Eric Grossman
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Eric Grossman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Steve Rubin (USGS-WFRC)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
quadrat Surveys (biological) (no data reported)
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity