Field Activity 2017-350-FA

Identifier 2017-350-FA
Purpose To assess impacts of Hurricane Irma to existing marsh/mangrove field sites
Location Charlotte Harbor, FL
Summary Assessed hurricane Irma impacts via presence/absence of imported sediment on substrate. Measurement of imported wrack to support surge height measurements.
Info derived Exploratory fieldwork to visually assess impacts to sites and measure elevation change along existing transects; if warranted, sediment samples will be collected for microfossil, grainsize and radiochemical analysis.
Projects
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start St Petersburg, FL 2017-10-06
End St Petersburg, FL 2017-10-06
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -82.32879639
East -81.82039795
North 27.11193024
South 26.73058651

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Nicole S Khan
Crew members
Jessica A. Jacobs
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Anastasios Stathakopoulos
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ryan Moyer

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Transects, Biology, Chemistry, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Profiles, Transects, Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation (no data reported)
Peat Corer Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity