Field Activity 2016-633-FA

Identifier 2016-633-FA
Alternate names BILT, Year 5
Also known as Central Puget Sound eelgrass
Purpose Annual vegetation surveys
Location Central Puget Sound
Summary Six eelgrass surveys were conducted and fifteen surface sediment samples were collected at two sites. A temperature sensor was deployed and will be recovered at a later unspecified time.
Info derived Eelgrass shoot density and plant morphometrics; surface grain size distributions; subtidal water temperature (-1 meters, MLLW) on the west shore of Point Bolin (June-Sept 2016).
Comments Biological surveys used quadrats (type: Other); specimens were harvested by hand (type:Hand-grab). Temperature sensor model Onset U22 (S/N: 87).
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Poulsbo, WA 2016-06-03
End Poulsbo, WA 2016-06-06
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -122.609
East -122.4952179
North 47.70346594
South 47.61278301

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Renee K Takesue
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sensors - temperature Temperature (no data reported)
Handheld GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity