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Field Activity Details for field activity 2010-104-FA

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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.

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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
North: 41.53753 South: 41.53634 West: -70.6401 East: -70.63951

Platform(s):

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on foot

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Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Water sampler --- Chemistry

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