Deploy two benthic chambers ("squirts") near the long-term Station 3. The purpose is to measure the flux of metals and nutrients from sediments. Discharge of sewage effluent from the Massachusetts Bay outfall began on September 6.
Location
Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary
Each pair of divers deployed one benthic chamber in one dive. The chambers were lowered in a weighted frame and divers lifted the chambers out of the frame and placed them on the bottom nearby. Visibility was poor.
Comments
Lary Ball and his dive team are all WHOI certified. Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, Dann Blackwood (diver). Data Curator: Bill Martin.
Project = Flux of metals from contaminated sediments, Flux of metals from contaminated sediments
