Field Activity Details for field activity 2010-106-FA

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: Oyster Pond Weir, Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: Oyster Pond Weir, Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2010-10-07

End Date: 2010-10-07

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Water sampler

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Determinations of mercury in white perch and river herring.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Four specimens of adult white perch were collected within 10 m upstream and downstream of the Oyster Pond weir using a spinning rod with a streamer fly that resembled the migrating young-of-the-year herring. The fly was cast with the aid of a water filled bobber. The fish weights ranged from 125-513 grams. They were sampled for analysis of total mercury and the remainders were wrapped in aluminum foil and frozen as an archive.

Staff: Michael Casso

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Samples of fish will be collected using a cast net and/or rod and reel fishing tackle at the southern end of Oyster Pond between the weir and the culvert.
Project = Toxic Supp. of Biogeochem. Cycle,

Location:

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

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired