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):
Information Specialist(s): Rebecca Sanders-Demott, Adrian Mann, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles, Meagan Eagle, Thomas Brooks
Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry, Environmental Data: Methane, Environmental Data: CO2, Time Series: Geochemical Monitoring, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Location-Elevation: Transects, Environmental Data: CTD
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data, and pore-water collection for chemistry analysis in estuaries across Cape Cod, MA to examine environmental geochemistry and the impact of impoundments and restoration of salt marsh environments.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2022-01-13
End Date: 2022-12-31
Equipment Used: Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump, Groundwater wells (PVC), Creek moorings, Push Point porewater samplers, In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD), Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower, InSitu BaroTroll 500, Onset HOBO Weather Station, ProOceanus mini CH4, Onset HOBO Temperature Logger, LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer, Chambers for gas flux measurement, RTK
Information to be Derived: Time-series sensor data including eddy co-variance flux tower measurements of methane and carbon dioxide; meteorological measurements; soil temperature; well measurements of CTD and methane; creek measurements using a YSI multi-parameter sonde and ProOceanus mini-CH4. Discrete measurements of CO2 and CH4 flux from different wetland vegetation sites will correspond with pore-water collections for chemical constituents (including DOC,DIC, Alkalinity, Chloride, Sulfate) and multi-parameter YSI measurements.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Surface water and porewater collections are completed. Samples are stored in WHSC walk-in freezers and refrigerators or distributed to external laboratories for analysis. Gas flux and CTD measurements are completed. Raw data files and field notes are stored in WHSC network folders.
Staff: Sophie Kuhl, Simone Gibson, Sydney Nick, Rebecca Sanders-Demott, Adrian Mann, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles, Thomas Brooks
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod. Specific locations include the Falmouth area (Woods Hole, West Falmouth, Flat Pond and Sage Lot Pond in Waquoit) and the Wellfleet area (Herring River - area of Phragmites and another of Typha)
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-018-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-019-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-026-FA.
Location:
Falmouth, West Falmouth, Woods Hole, Waquoit, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.11044896 | South: 41.50034959 | West: -70.67504883 | East: -69.87304688 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Sanders-DeMott, R., Eagle, M.J., Kroeger, K.D., Wang, F., Brooks, T.W., O'Keefe Suttles, J.A., Nick, S.K., Mann, A.G., and Tang, J. 2022, Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver 2.0, June 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RRL3T0.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump | --- | Chemistry | |
| Groundwater wells (PVC) | --- | Chemistry | |
| Creek moorings | --- | Chemistry | |
| Push Point porewater samplers | --- | Chemistry Temperature pH Dissolved Oxygen ORP Methane Nutrients | |
| In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) | --- | Geochemical Monitoring Conductivity Depth Temperature | |
| Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| InSitu BaroTroll 500 | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| Onset HOBO Weather Station | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| ProOceanus mini CH4 | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| Onset HOBO Temperature Logger | --- | Experiments (geochemical) Geochemical Monitoring | |
| LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer | --- | Experiments (geochemical) | |
| Chambers for gas flux measurement | --- | Experiments (geochemical) | |
| RTK | --- | Transects Benchmarks |
