Exchange moorings, collect sediment samples for long-term monitoring and for analysis of pore water, and deploy oxygen profiler.
Location
Massachusetts Bay, Scituate, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
This was cruise #35 for this program. The subsurface mooring at Scituate did not come up. One release was dead, the other talked but would not release. One NOPP tripod at Scituate also would not come up. Plans for diving from the CHRISTOPHER ANDREW are underway. Moorings recovered: 5 (#630, 631, 632 and 634, all deployed FA 00004 MARCUS HANNA Sep. 26-28, 2000; #636 deployed FA 00085 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Nov. 14, 2000). Moorings deployed: 4 (#637, 638 and 639, all recovered FA 01023 MARCUS HANNA May 23-24, 2001; #640 recovered FA 01061 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jun. 20, 2001).
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden, Mike Bothner, Dann Blackwood, Michael Casso, J. Moore, Richard Rendigs, David Walsh, Jenna Munson, Andree Ramsey (sea going scientists); Joseph Newell (Mobilization and transportation).
Project = The Massachusetts Bay Experiment, The Massachusetts Bay Experiment
