Field Activity 2009-054-FA

Identifier 2009-054-FA
Alternate names L-54-09-MA
Purpose Quantify greenhouse gas fluxes from salt marsh sediment, including their responses to nutrient additions through field measurements and manipulations.
Location Plum Island Estuary, Rowley, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Gas flux chambers were placed on the salt marsh surface, and fluxes were measured of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide. Variability with space and time was examined, and influence of nitrogen availability of sunlight was examined.
Info derived Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments Project = Mendenhall Post-Doctoral Research - Serena Moseman, Mendenhall Post-Doctoral Research - Serena Moseman
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2009-07-10
End (port not specified) 2009-07-17
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -70.8563
East -70.85555
North 42.72657
South 42.7259

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D Kroeger
Crew members
Kevin D Kroeger
Scientist, Staff
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Sandy Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Thomas W Brooks
Scientist, Staff
Gonzalez, Rosalinda
Scientist, Staff
Moseman, Serena
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kevin D Kroeger
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Serena Moseman; Jim Tang and Wei-Chun Chao, MBL
Affiliate staff James Tang (MBL), Wei-Chun Chao (MBL), James Shelton (intern), Rosalinda Gonzalez (intern)

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Methane, Navigation, Geology, CO2

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Gas sampler Dissolved Oxygen, Gas Hydrates, Methane (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology 2
CO2 Analyzer CO2 (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2009-054-FA-NL-001 Grab sampler Field notes: notebooks held by Serena Moseman at Boston College. PARTNER
2009-054-FA-SC-001 Grab sampler Sediment samples: held by Serena Moseman at Boston College. PARTNER

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity