Exchange 2 instrumented moorings. Collect sediment cores at 2 stations. Deploy sediment-oxygen profiler at 2 stations. Collect water samples at the surface and bottom at the mooring site.
Location
western Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Moorings deployed: 2 (#516 and 517 recovered FA 98028 MARCUS HANNA Jun. 17-19, 1998). Moorings recovered: 2 (#507 and 508 deployed FA 97017 WHITE HEATH Sep. 23-24, 1997).
Info derived
Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments
This cruise is the 26th in a long-term study of the fate and transport of contaminants associated with treated sewage effluent from greater Boston. The new offshore outfall will be operational in the fall of 1998.
Project = The Massachusetts Bay Experiment, The Massachusetts Bay Experiment
