Field Activity 2007-037-FA

Identifier 2007-037-FA
Purpose Collect juvenile river herring for mercury determinations.
Location Oyster Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Approximately 15-20 juvenile river herring were collected. Other fish (1-2 inches long) were also collected. The collection was accomplished at the south end of Oyster Pond at the path that leads to Surf Drive.
Comments A seine constructed of 2 20-foot pieces would be an advantage for future fish collections at this site. Project = Geo Processes Environ. Change in the Northeast U.S., Geo Processes Environ. Change in the Northeast U.S.
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Surf Drive access, Falmouth, MA 2007-09-07
End Surf Drive access, Falmouth, MA 2007-09-07
Days in the field 0.5
Bounds
West -70.65
East -70.63
North 41.54
South 41.52

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
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
Sandy Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Michael Casso
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Paul Drevnick (WHOI-USGS Postdoc)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Biology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
20-foot beach seine Biology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity