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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-011-FA

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Other ID: P-11-09-MA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Carl Lamborg, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Michael Casso

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: CTD

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain water samples and cores of bottom sediment for the study of mercury concentrations, chemical forms and deposition history in coastal environments.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2009-01-26

End Date: 2009-01-27

Equipment Used: Digital camera, SeaBOSS, GPS (wh), Niskin bottle, Gravity corer, YSI Sound velocity CTD (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Three excellent cores were collected in a gradient from anoxic to oxic conditions in the bottom water. Water samples were collected at each of the three locations. Ice thickness was greater than 5 inches. Safety equipment included buoyant surfboard, life jackets, ice claws, ice anchors, rope, and a toboggan to distribute weight near an open hole.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Michael Bothner, Thomas Brooks

Affiliate Staff:
WHOI: Carl Lamborg
Kathleen Munson
Paul Drevnick - water and core collection
MeHg analysis

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner (chief scientist), Dann Blackwood (core recovery and photographic specialist), Wally Brooks (YSI profiling specialist).
Project = Coastal Geological Processes and Long-Term, Coastal Geological Processes and Long-Term

Location:

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

Boundaries
North: 41.5391 South: 41.5388 West: -70.6383 East: -70.6372

Platform(s):

photo of On Ice
On Ice

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital camera --- Photo
2009-011-FA-PH-001 (79 operations photos by Dann Blackwood: ice coring, personnel, equipment, etc.)
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
2009-011-FA-PH-002 (DVD ROM disk of BOTTOM B&W VIDEO OYSTER POND, )
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Niskin bottle --- Chemistry
2009-011-FA-SC-002 (Water samples.)
Gravity corer --- Geology
2009-011-FA-SC-001 (3 bottom sediment cores.)
YSI Sound velocity CTD (wh) --- CTD

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