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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-061-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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): Kevin Kroeger

Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry

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: 2015-09-02

End Date: 2015-09-02

Equipment Used: Field water quality meters

Information to be Derived: Geochemistry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Kevin Kroeger

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod.

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-042-FA

Location:

Outer Cape Estuaries, Massachusetts, United States

Boundaries
North: 41.7675988 South: 41.62198826 West: -70.4649 East: -70.04895359

Platform(s):

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on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Field water quality meters --- Chemistry

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