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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-055-FA

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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): Kevin Kroeger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Meagan Eagle

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing, Visual Identification: Species ID

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect marsh biomass samples for ground-truthing LANDSAT Satellite data.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2015-08-10

End Date: 2015-08-13

Equipment Used: Garmin GPS 76, Other, Other

Information to be Derived: Biomass

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected vegetation within specified quadrats. Samples were bagged and returned to the lab and were weighed and dried.

Staff: Adrian Green, Ann Luppino, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program in Sage Lot Pond.

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-038-FA

Location:

Sage Lot Pond, Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States

Boundaries
North: 41.56164657 South: 41.54790461 West: -70.5223 East: -70.5006218

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Garmin GPS 76 --- Navigation
Other --- --- ---
Other --- --- ---

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