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

Field Activity 2019-617-FA

Identifier 2019-617-FA
Also known as Nisqually Year 10
Purpose Post-restoration monitoring of sediment, eelgrass, and organic matter changes.
Location Nisqually River Delta
Summary (2) vegetations surveys of 10 quadrats each; (4) sediment cores and (6) surface sediments for grain size, carbon, and plant biomarker analyses of select samples.
Info derived Sediment texture, organic content, carbon isotope ratio, and plant biomarkers; plant metrics.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Lacey, WA 2019-05-19
End Lacey, WA 2019-05-21
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -122.75333807
East -122.66413584
North 47.11910208
South 47.06597104

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Renee K Takesue
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity