1998a

Cruise Description

The final of four seasonal cruises took place in the winter of 1998, an intermediate flow period. Sampling included one upriver series, 3 ebb and one flood series, and two spring and two neap series.


Vessels

The R/V Wecoma, from the Collegeof Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, was utilized for sedimentological, geochemical, microbial and ecological investigations.

Geophysical investigations in were conducted from the R/V Clifford Barnes, a research vessel from the University of Washington's School of Oceanography in Seattle, WA.


Coding explanation for sampling series:

Letter Code: U upstream; D downstream; N neap tide; S spring tide
First Digit: Tidal Series
Second Digit: Sequence in Tidal Series

Example: U11 refers to the first sequence in the first upstream tidal series.


Sampling Series

Sampling Series Locations

Dates
U11
River Mile 53, Beaver Dock 2/21/1998 - 2/22/1998
E11
Buoy 39, South Channel 2/22/1998 - 2/22/1998
E12
North Channel 2/23/1998 - 2/23/1998
F12
North Channel 2/23/1998 - 2/23/1998
S11
North Channel 2/24/1998 - 2/25/1998
S12
Buoy 39, South Channel 2/26/1998 - 2/27/1998
E13
Sand Island Channel 2/28/1998 - 2/28/1998
D11
Clatsop Spit 3/01/1998 - 3/02/1998
N11
North Channel 3/02/1998 - 3/04/1998
N12
Buoy 39, South Channel 3/04/1998 - 3/06/1998