2002-046-FA (CMHRP activity #1793)

Field Activity 2002-046-FA

Identifier

2002-046-FA

Alternate names

MH40-02

Purpose

Exchange moorings at the Boston B Buoy.

Location

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

Summary

Sediment samples were collected at Stations 3 and 2. Moorings deployed: 4 (#696 recovered FA 03020 CONNECTICUT Mar. 29-21, 2003; #697 and 699 recovered FA 03031 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW May 21-23, 2003; #698 recovered FA 03028 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Apr. 23, 2003). Moorings recovered: 6 (#687 (NOPP) deployed FA 02044 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Apr. 8, 2002; #689, 690, 691 and 692 all deployed FA 02045 MARCUS HANNA May 21-22, 2002; #693A deployed FA 02056 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Sep. 19, 2002). Divers were not needed.

Info derived

Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: At sea: Patricia Soupy Alexander, Sandy Baldwin, Jonathan Borden*, Mike Bothner, Brian Buczkowski*, Michael Casso, Marinna Martini*, Timothy McCobb (WRD Northborough), Richard Rendigs, and Andree Ramsey*. Mob and de-mob: Joseph Newell*. Asterisk (*) denotes acct. 67013; otherwise acct. 67011. Project = The Massachusetts Bay Experiment, The Massachusetts Bay Experiment Information from Foghorn: Oxygen profiler and benthic chambers provided by WHOI; Oxygen profiling in sediments;

URL

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

Related activities

2002-044-FA: Deployment-recovery

2002-045-FA: Deployment-recovery

2002-056-FA: Deployment-recovery

2003-020-FA: Deployment-recovery

2003-028-FA: Deployment-recovery

2003-031-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Marcus Hanna

175 feet long. Buoy tender.

Itinerary

Start	USCG Base, Boston, MA	2002-10-22
End	USCG Base, Boston, MA	2002-10-25
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-70.8333
East	-70.63333
North	42.4
South	42.08333

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
Michael Casso	Scientist, Staff
Brian Buczkowski	Scientist, Staff
Sandy Baldwin	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Ramsey, Andree	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff
Alexander, P. Soupy	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Frances L Lightsom	Specialist, Information
Michael Casso	Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

Timothy McCobb (WRD Northborough); William Martin and Joanne Goudreau (WHOI Chemistry Dept.) - deployment of oxygen profiler and benthic chambers

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV: 687, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693A; DEP: 696, 697, 698, 699;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Oxygen profiling system from Sayles	Dissolved Oxygen	(no data reported)
Benthic Chambers	Experiments (geochemical)	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Slow corer	Geology	1
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2002-046-FA-SC-001	Slow corer	CORE samples	Brian Buczkowski
2002-046-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Western Mass Bay mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery