Field Activity 1999-009-FA

Identifier 1999-009-FA
Alternate names MH31-99
Purpose Exchange moorings at two locations and collect sediment cores at two long-term monitoring stations. We will also measure oxygen profiles at the sediment stations.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Recovered moorings #569-572. Deployed moorings #590-593. Moorings recovered: 4 (#569, 570, 571 and 572 all deployed FA 99008 MARCUS HANNA May 11-12, 1999). Moorings deployed: 4 (#590, 591 and 592, recovered FA 00002 MARCUS HANNA Feb. 15-16, 2000; #593 recovered FA 00048 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Mar. 28-29, 2000).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden, Mike Bothner, Dann Blackwood, Jessica Cote, B. Flynn, Marinna Martini, Richard Rendigs, Michael Casso, T. Elfers, Ellen Mecray. Original Submitted By field contained: Mike Bothner; edited by J. Cote. Project = Massachusetts Bay Long-Term Study, Massachusetts Bay Long-Term Study
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Platform
Marcus Hanna
175 feet long. Buoy tender.
Itinerary
Start U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA 1999-09-21
End U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA 1999-09-22
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.84713574
East -70.79638954
North 42.40013628
South 42.37150931

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Michael Bothner
Crew members
Michael Bothner
Scientist, Staff
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Flynn, Brian
Scientist, Staff
Mecray, Ellen
Scientist, Staff
Cote, Jessica M.
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Frances L Lightsom
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff T. Elfers; Joanne Goudreau and Lary Ball - WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Dissolved Oxygen, Photo, Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:569,570,571,572; DEP:590,591,592,593;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Oxygen profiling system from Sayles Dissolved Oxygen (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Van Veen grab sampler Geology (no data reported)
Slow corer Geology 1
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1999-009-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 591; 19990921-20000215 Nancy K. Soderberg
1999-009-FA-SC-001 Slow corer CORE samples Brian Buczkowski
1999-009-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity