Sediment data collected in July 2014 from around Breton and Gosier Islands, Louisiana (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Numbers 2014–314–FA and 14BIM04)

• Main Authors: Julie C. Bernier, Kyle W. Kelso, Thomas M. Tuten
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; location; oceans; geology; geomorphology; unconsolidated deposits; sediment; push core; grab sample; grain size; GRADISTAT; mean; sorting; skewness; kurtosis; Folk and Ward; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Louisiana; Breton Island; Gosier Islands; Gulf of Mexico; Breton Sound
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/f9b0153f-403a-4b40-8984-764c56566014

Breton Island, located at the southern end of the Chandeleur Islands, supports one of Louisiana’s largest historical brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) nesting colonies. Although the brown pelican was delisted as an endangered species in 2009, nesting areas are threatened by continued land los...