Field Activity 2023-666-FA

Identifier 2023-666-FA
Alternate names Maui wildfire
Purpose Characterize post-wildfire contaminants, runoff, nearshore transport, biotic effects, and implications for future fires.
Location Lahaina, Maui, HI
Info derived Wildfire contaminant concentrations, assemblages, and toxicity in ash/soil, water, sediment, and biota; nearshore hydrodynamics, nutrients, pH, conductivity, and temperature.
Projects
Platform
Other
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Lahaina, Maui, HI 2023-08-27
End Lahaina, Maui, HI 2026-09-30
Days in the field 30
Bounds
West -156.7364502
East -156.40686035
North 20.97682772
South 20.62507282

Personnel

Organization
Hawaii Department of Aquatic Resources
, HI
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Curt StorlazziRenee K TakesuePamela L SwarzenskiFerdinand K Oberle
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Andrew Spanjer, USGS Washington Water Science Center
Affiliate staff Craig Senter, USGS Pacific Island Water Science Center

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Current, CTD, Wave, Geology, Chemistry, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
RBRsolo³ D Pressure, Wave (no data reported)
Solinst Levelogger Mooring (physical oceanography), CTD (no data reported)
Marotte HS Current (no data reported)
grab sampler Surveys (geochemical), Geology (no data reported)
Sediment trap Sediment Properties, Geology (no data reported)
Semipermeable Membrane Device (SPMD) Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Samplers (POCIS) Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Garmin Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity