Field Activity 2000-002-FA

Identifier 2000-002-FA
Alternate names MH32-00; IB H-2-00-MY
Purpose Mooring turn-around and sediment sampling.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Moorings 590-592 were recovered. Mooring 593 did not release and will be recovered at a later date. Divers were not utilized. Moorings deployed: 4 (#611, 612, 613 and 614, all recovered FA 00003 MARCUS HANNA May 9-10, 2000). Moorings recovered: 3 (#590, 591 and 592, all deployed FA 99009 MARCUS HANNA Sep. 21-22, 1999).
Comments Rick Rendigs, Dive Safety Officer for the center, and Dann Blackwood will be divers should an instrument fail to come up. Original Center People field contained: Science Crew, USGS: Jonathan Borden, Mike Bothner, Brad Butman, Dann Blackwood, Michael Casso, Jessica Cote, David Walsh, Marinna Martini, Richard Rendigs. Mobilization: Joseph Newell, Robert Barton. Original Submitted By field contained: Mike Bothner; edited by Jessica 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 Boston, MA 2000-02-15
End Boston, MA 2000-02-16
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.84131488
East -70.62935908
North 42.39529101
South 42.15893566

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
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Walsh, David
Scientist, Staff
Cote, Jessica M.
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Frances L Lightsom
Specialist, Information
Michael Casso
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Joanne Goudreau - WHOI

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:590,591,592; DEP:611,612,613,614;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Oxygen profiling system from Sayles Dissolved Oxygen (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Gravity corer Geology 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2000-002-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood
2000-002-FA-SC-001 Gravity corer CORE samples Brian Buczkowski
2000-002-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity