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 | |||
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North: 41.547 | South: 41.536 | West: -70.642 | East: -70.636 |
Platform(s):
on foot |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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.) |