2001-023-FA (CMHRP activity #1682)

Field Activity 2001-023-FA

Identifier

2001-023-FA

Alternate names

MH36-01; IB H-3-01-MY

Purpose

Exchange moorings, collect sediment cores, and deploy oxygen profiler and benthic chambers.

Location

Massachusetts Bay, Scituate, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Extra cores collected at Station 3 for Bill Martin's team for processing at the Coast Guard dock. Problem with bottom sealing mechanism (cheese slicer) on HDC corer, especially at Station 2. Successfully deployed both WHOI benthic chambers at Station 3 using mini-camera setup. Moorings deployed: 6 (#644 and 645 both recovered FA 01024 MARCUS HANNA Oct. 23, 2001; #646 and 647 recovered FA 01080 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Oct. 26-30, 2001; #648 recovered FA 01061 CHRISOPHER ANDREW Jun. 20, 2001; #649 recovered FA 01068 CHRISTPHER ANDREW Aug. 16, 2001, then redeployed and recovered FA 01085 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Dec. 5, 2001). Moorings recovered: 3 (#637, 638 and 639 all deployed FA 01022 MARCUS HANNA Feb. 13-14, 2001).

Comments

Note: Cruise delayed 1 day from original plan. Original Center People field contained: At sea: Jonathan Borden*, Mike Bothner, Dann Blackwood, Michael Casso, Marinna Martini*, Richard Rendigs, David Walsh*, Andree Ramsey*, Debbie Hutchinson. Mob and Transport: Joseph Newell*. Asterisk (*) denotes acct. 67013; otherwise acct. 67011. Project = The Massachusetts Bay Experiment, The Massachusetts Bay Experiment

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Related activities

2001-022-FA: Deployment-recovery

2001-024-FA: Deployment-recovery

2001-061-FA: Deployment-recovery

2001-068-FA: Deployment-recovery

2001-080-FA: Deployment-recovery

2002-026-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Marcus Hanna

175 feet long. Buoy tender.

Itinerary

Start	U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA	2001-05-23
End	U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA	2001-05-24
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-70.83865268
East	-70.80211271
North	42.39762911
South	42.37139652

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

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
Deborah R Hutchinson	Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Ramsey, Andree	Scientist, Staff
Walsh, David	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Frances L Lightsom	Specialist, Information
Michael Casso	Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

William Martin - WHOI

Affiliate staff

Volunteers: Wayne LaFlamboy, Katherine Bothner; WHOI: William Martin, Joanne Goudreau, Ida-Maja Karle

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:637,638,639; DEP:644,645,646,647,648,649;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Benthic Chambers	Experiments (geochemical)	(no data reported)
Oxygen profiling system from Sayles	Dissolved Oxygen	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler	Geology	(no data reported)
Slow corer	Geology	1
Osprey camera system	Photo, Video	(no data reported)
Digital camera	Photo	1
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2001-023-FA-SC-001	Slow corer	CORE samples	Brian Buczkowski
2001-023-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Dann S Blackwood
2001-023-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Western Mass Bay mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery