Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-050-FA

Other ID: P-50-08-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, Sampling: Chemistry

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: 2008-12-11

End Date: 2008-12-11

Equipment Used: Digital camera, Dip Nets, Water sampler

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 11 juvenile herring (~ 9 cm length, ~5 g weight) and 1 white perch.

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 may also be sampled. Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, Michael Casso, Dann Blackwood (photographer).
Project = Coastal Geological Processes and Long-Term, Coastal Geological Processes and Long-Term

Location:

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

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