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, Kevin Kroeger
Affiliate Investigator(s): Faming Wang, MBL Jim Tang, MBL
Information Specialist(s): Meagan Eagle
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Light, Environmental Data: Meteorology, Environmental Data: Temperature
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data in several estuary systems across 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: 2017-06-09
End Date: 2017-06-12
Equipment Used: In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD), Other, Sensor - light
Information to be Derived: Installation of meteorological station and infrastructure at Herring River site. Installation of shallow groundwater wells.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Installed platform, met station and solar panels
Staff: Thomas Brooks, Meagan Eagle, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles
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 2016-016-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-036-FA
Location:
Outer Cape Estuaries, Massachusetts, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.09045224 | South: 41.60556066 | West: -70.51433848 | East: -69.94458347 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) | --- | Geochemical Monitoring Conductivity Depth Temperature | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor - light | --- | Light |
