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

Field Activity B207PS

Identifier B207PS
Alternate names B-2-07-PS,B-02-07-PS
Purpose Map vegetation (eelgrass) and bathymetry on and adjacent to lowtide terrace of 5 km of shoreline immediately north of Puget Sound.
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientists: Jessie Lacy, David Finlayson. Resistivity data (echosounder, underwatervideo, GPS, VanVeengrab) of field activity B-2-07-PS in Possession Sound, Puget Sound from 01/29/2007 to 02/01/2007
Location Puget Sound
Info derived Distribution of eelgrass along 5 km of shoreline.
Comments Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound, Beach and Nearshore Dynamics Task. Research Project Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound. Biosonics echosounder, towed underwater video camera, GPS, 23-ft boat belonging to USGS BRD (unnamed). Single-beam sonar system metadata files exist. Staff information imported from InfoBank Jessie Lacy David Finlayson Tom Reiss Andrew Stevens
Projects
Platform
Boat
Itinerary
Start Possession Point boat launch. 2007-01-29
End Possession Point boat launch. 2007-02-01
Bounds
West -122.3838
East -122.3575
North 47.93808
South 47.89703
Activity Resistivity

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jessica R LacyDavid P Finlayson
Crew members
Andrew Stevens
Scientist, Staff
Jessica R Lacy
Scientist, Staff
David P Finlayson
Scientist, Staff
Thomas E Reiss
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Single Beam, Video, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
echosounder Single Beam 3
underwatervideo Video (no data reported)
GPS Navigation 1
VanVeengrab Geology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
echosounder echosounder Metadata Jessica R Lacy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data echosounder Provisional best file Jessica R Lacy
Stevens, A.W., Lacy, J.R., Finlayson, D.P., and Gelfenbaum, G., 2008, Evaluation of a single-beam sonar system to map seagrass at two sites in northern Puget Sound, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5009, 45p. echosounder Publication Andrew Stevens
Global positioning system (GPS) data GPS Provisional best file Jessica R Lacy
vanveengrab VanVeengrab Metadata Jessica R Lacy

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity