Other ID: none
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): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine the concentrations of mercury in the fish of Oyster Pond.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2010-11-26
End Date: 2010-11-29
Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Water sampler
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Cast nets were used to collect young-of-the-year speciments of white perch and river herring from the pool south of the weir at the mouth of Oyster Pond. Approximately 9 specimens of each species were collected.
Staff: Michael Casso
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Samples of fish will be collected using a cast net at the southern end of Oyster Pond between the weir and the culvert.
Location:
Oyster Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.53753 | South: 41.53634 | West: -70.6401 | East: -70.63951 |
Platform(s):
on foot |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
Water sampler | --- | Chemistry |