Other ID: Marsh Island New Bedford - CED/AIM/EG
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM) (LQ000GU1400), Biochemical Processes & Budget (LQ00.U0D01), Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems ?mid-Atlantic (LQ00UHB)
Principal Investigator(s): Meagan Eagle, Sandra Brosnahan, Neil Kamal Ganju
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Emily Tacke, Meagan Eagle, Jennifer Cramer, Robert Bales
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Transects, Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Geochemical Monitoring, Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor the hydrodynamics and sediment supply to a newly engineered system. Buzzards Bay Coalition and their partners have just completed Phase I of this project to create an engineered salt marsh on a former fill area. Sediment supply is a key factor in salt marsh sustainability with rising sea-level, this site provides a unique opportunity to study the establishment of the engineered system under the natural forcing of the tides and water flow.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Fairhaven, MA
End Port/Location: Fairhaven, MA
Start Date: 2023-10-25
End Date: 2023-12-31
Equipment Used: Yellowscan Mapper, RTK, Aeropoint targets, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Altum-PT, In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD), Sampling scoop, Water sampler, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time-series data of water level, currents, flow/discharge, waves, turbidity, and other water-quality parameters (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, pH, fDOM, blue-green algae). Supplemental water samples will be collected and analyzed for total suspended-sediment concentration and loss-on-ignition. Grain-size distribution will be determined from sediment samples collected the marsh creek bed. Aerial mapping will provide full elevation coverage and multispectral orthoimage data. Biochem time-series sensor data are groundwater well CTD measurements.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collect time-series data and supplemental data to determine the movement of suspended sediment into and out of the creek mouth that connects the engineered salt marsh to the Acushnet River.
Staff: Jin-Si Over, Seth Ackerman, Eric Marsjanik, Steven Suttles, Olivia De Meo
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: This will be an ongoing study and would like it to be an event type field activity. Emily Tacke is also staffing but not in the system.
Multiple Information specialists due to group overlap.
Location:
Marsh Island site New Bedford Harbor, Acushnet River, Fairhaven, MA..
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.6531785 | South: 41.64949085 | West: -70.91820717 | East: -70.91380835 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowscan Mapper | Used to collect colorized lidar data | LIDAR | |
| RTK | SP80 was used to collect ground truthing transects | Transects Benchmarks | |
| Aeropoint targets | used as ground control points for the UAS data | Navigation Transects Profiles | |
| Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) | DJI M600 was used to carry the Altum and Yellowscan. Parrot Anafi was used to collect video | Photo Video Navigation | |
| Altum-PT | used to collect multispectral imagery | Photo | |
| In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) | --- | Geochemical Monitoring Conductivity Depth Temperature | |
| Sampling scoop | --- | Geology | |
| Water sampler | --- | Chemistry | |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) |
