1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

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;
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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
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 Usage description 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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity