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Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-046-FA

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Other ID: P-46-08-MA

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

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect young-of-the-year river herring for the mercury study.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Oyster Pond at Surf Drive, Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: Oyster Pond at Surf Drive, Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2008-11-17

End Date: 2008-11-18

Equipment Used: Dip Nets, Digital camera

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 17 juvenile herring (~ 10 cm length, 5 g weight). These fish will be analyzed for Hg.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Michael Bothner, Michael Casso

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: The cast net will be used in the pool between the weir and the culvert at the south end of Oyster Pond. The lagoon on the south side of Surf Drive near the culvert leading from Oyster Pond will also be sampled. Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, M. Casso, D. Blackwood (photographer).
Project = Coastal Geological Processes and Long-Term, Coastal Geological Processes and Long-Term

Location:

Oyster Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 41.547 South: 41.536 West: -70.642 East: -70.636

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Dip Nets --- Biology
2008-046-FA-SC-001 (17 juvenile herring: ~10 cm length, 5 g weight.)
Digital camera --- Photo
2008-046-FA-PH-001 (41 operations photos taken at pond edge by Dann Blackwood.)

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