Field Activity Details for field activity 2005-022-FA

Other ID: MH48-05

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Michael Casso, Frances Lightsom

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Exchange moorings, collect sediment cores, and conduct geochemical experiments at long-term sites in Massachusetts Bay. Collect additional cores at long-term monitoring stations in Boston Harbor.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA

End Port/Location: U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA

Start Date: 2005-05-18

End Date: 2005-05-19

Equipment Used: Oxygen profiling system from Sayles, Benthic Chambers, Digital camera, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Moorings recovered: 2 (#776 and 777 both deployed FA 05003 MARCUS HANNA Feb. 9, 2005). Moorings deployed: 3 (#786 and 788 both recovered FA 05038 MARCUS HANNA Sep. 28-29, 2005; #787 part washed ashore Cohasset May 26, 2005, remainder recovered FA 05023 LOONEY Jun. 3, 2005). A large tripod with azide Honjo bottles and two Anderson traps, a small tripod, and a small subsurface mooring with formalin Honjo bottles were deployed on 5/18/05. Anderson trap 514 had the timer and the sodium azide poison. All traps were lost shortly after deployment due to strong NE storms. A large subsurface mooring was redeployed on 6/7/05. Two cores were taken at Station 2 and four cores were taken at Station 10 on 5/18/05. Two cores were taken at Station BH3 and seven cores were taken at Station 3 on 5/19/05. The oxygen sensor and the benthic chamber were deployed twice on 5/19/05. The ship had engine trouble requiring the coring of Station 4 to occur at a later time.

Staff: Sandy Baldwin, Dann Blackwood, Jonathan Borden, Michael Bothner, Michael Casso, Dirk Koopmans, Marinna Martini, Richard Rendigs, Stephen Ruane

Affiliate Staff:
Joanne Goudreau (WHOI) - deploying equipment from WHOI; Bill Martin (WHOI) - working on cores at the dock.

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Sea going scientists from USGS: Sandy Baldwin, Dann Blackwood*, Jonathan Borden*, Mike Bothner, Michael Casso, Marinna Martini*, Richard Rendigs, Stephen Ruane*. Working on cores at the dock: Dirk Koopmans. Asterisk (*) denotes acct. 2921-BOF86; otherwise acct. 2921-BOF96.
Project = Coastal Geologic Processes in the Northeast U.S., Coastal Geologic Processes in the Northeast U.S.

Location:

Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

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