Field Activity 2020-302-FA

Identifier 2020-302-FA
Purpose To collect Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) Sediment Trap.
Location Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
Summary Collected 2 sediment traps, CTD samples, and 39 live G. truncatulinoides.
Info derived Foraminifera Flux
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-307-FA
Platform
Pelican
116'
Vehicles
Chevy Suburban Silver
Itinerary
Start Cocodrie, LA 2020-02-07
End Cocodrie, LA 2020-02-10
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -91.40625
East -86.93359375
North 27.97499795
South 25.63375911

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Julie N Richey
Crew members
Caitlin E Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Julie N Richey
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Caitlin E Reynolds
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Biology, CTD, Chemistry, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Plankton Net Biology 3
Rosette The rosette was used to collect CTD information which was submitted as a separate collection. Chemistry (no data reported)
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe CTD cast had lots of errors when deploying. Some temperature, oxygen, sanity, and depth was collected, but not all. CTD (no data reported)
Sediment Trap 2 sediment traps were collected. 13 cup trap (poisoned with sodium borate) and 21 cup trap (poisoned with formaldehyde). Geology (no data reported)

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Foraminifera_Measurements Plankton Net Whole shell measurements of G. menardii (in 2021 and 2022) and whole shell and chamber measurements of G. truncatulinoides specimen (in 2020), and data dictionary Caitlin E Reynolds
Foraminifera_LA-ICPMS_data Plankton Net LA-ICPMS data of G. menardii and G. truncatulinoides specimen, and data dictionary Caitlin E Reynolds
Foraminifera_Notes_and_ Observations Plankton Net Notes and observations of G. menardii (in 2021 and 2022) and G. truncatulinoides specimen (in 2020), and data dictionary Caitlin E Reynolds

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity