Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Biogeochemistry, groundwater monitoring, and environmental assessment (LQ000I4)
Principal Investigator(s): Meagan Eagle
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Meagan Eagle
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Depth, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect marsh cores, pore-water and surface water conductivity, temperature and depth time-series data, and conduct elevation surveys in 11 tidally-restricted estuary systems on Cape Cod to examine environmental geochemistry and health of the estuary.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2015-06-03
End Date: 2015-06-03
Equipment Used: Other, Ashtech ADU2 Attitude sensor, Push corer (wh)
Information to be Derived: Geochemistry, elevation of transects along tidally restricted cree
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Elevation, tidal information, geochemistry
Staff: Sandra Brosnahan, Adrian Green, Barry Irwin, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles, Daniel Roberts
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod.
Location:
Outer Cape Estuaries, Massachusetts, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.7675988 | South: 41.62198826 | West: -70.4649 | East: -70.04895359 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Eagle, M.J., Kroeger, K.D., Spivak, A.C., Wang, F., Tang, J., Abdul-Aziz, O.I., Ishtiaq, K.S., O'Keefe-Suttles, J.A., Mann, A.G., 2022, Soil carbon consequences of historic hydrologic impairment and recent restoration in coastal wetlands: Science of the Total Environment, v. 848, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157682.
O'Keefe Suttles, J.A., Eagle, M.J., Mann, A.G., Spivak, A., Sanks, K., Roberts, D., and Kroeger, K.D., 2021, Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015-16: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R154DY.
O'Keefe Suttles, J.A., Eagle, M.J., Mann, A.G., Wang, F., Tang, J., Roberts, D., Sanks, K., Smith, T.P., and Kroeger, K.D., 2021, Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from Herring River wetlands and other nearby wetlands in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 2015–17: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P95RXPHB.
O’Keefe Suttles, J.A., Gonneea, M.E., Brosnahan, S.M., Mann, A.G., Brooks, T.W., Kroeger, K.D., Medeiros, K., Smith, T.P., Wang, F., and Tang, J., 2020, Continuous monitoring data from Herring River wetlands, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015 to January 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R4SRTR.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Ashtech ADU2 Attitude sensor | --- | Transects | |
| Push corer (wh) | --- | Biology Geology |
