Field Activity 2023-665-FA

Identifier 2023-665-FA
Alternate names BlueCarbon_JohnsEstuary
Purpose Characterization of blue carbon potential of coastal wetland types (seagrass, restoring marsh, historic marsh, swamp).
Location Johns River Estuary
Summary Collect soil cores and plant end endmembers at seven wetland habitat types in Johns River estuary.
Info derived Sediment accumulation rates, soil carbon and nitrogen content, plant biomarkers, and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of sedimentary organic matter.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Westport, WA 2023-08-29
End Westport, WA 2023-08-31
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -124.31442261
East -123.60168457
North 47.06263848
South 46.73421351

Personnel

Organization
Western Washington University
, WA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Renee K Takesue
Crew members
Pamela L Swarzenski
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Katrina Poppe (WWU)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Garmin Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity