Obtain diver push cores from selected sites in Western Long island Sound: Manhasset Harbor, Little Neck Harbor, and Hempstead Harbor - two cores from each site. CCNY to determine down-core concentration profiles of Chlordane and DDT.
Location
Western Long Island Sound, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Collected a total of six push cores of at least 50 cm. in length. Bottom sediments very silty and underwater visibility was less than a few feet. The weather was lousy and the boat (32 ft. Sport Fisherman) was clearly not rigged for dive operations, but in true USGS fashion, we endeavored to endure and succeeded in spite of ourselves!!! Dives: 3 (One dive at each site); Cores: 6 (2 cores collected at each site); Analyses performed by scientists at CCNY.
Info derived
Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Dann Blackwood, Richard Rendigs - divers, drivers and mobilizers.
Project = Dive project, Dive project
Mike Melcer - US Merchant Marine Academy; Pengfei Zhang - City College of New York; Henry Wong - City College of New York; Steffen Wojick - US Merchant Marine Academy
