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

Field Activity 2021-355-FA

Identifier 2021-355-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose The goal of this project is to assess sea turtle nesting response on different template designs for nourished beaches and how these differ from a "natural beach".
Location Palm Beach, Martin and Brevard Counties, FL
Info derived Beach elevation profiles and sea turtle nesting locations.
Comments This FAN covers multiple surveys for the same project. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-322-FA and 2020-313-FA. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-315-FA.
Projects
Platform
Honda SxS 700-4 UTV
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
Chevy Suburban Silver
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2021-05-17
End St. Petersburg, FL 2021-09-17
Days in the field 24
Bounds
West -80.67260742
East -79.93103027
North 28.09136628
South 26.65727767

Personnel

Organization
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Organization
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Organization
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission(FWC)
, FL
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators David M Thompson
Crew members
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Rangley C Mickey
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David M Thompson
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Karen Frutchey - USFWS Robbin Trindell - FWC Ping Wang - USF

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Transects, Profiles, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
GPS Backpack Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity