Field Activity 2010-048-FA

Identifier 2010-048-FA
Purpose Collect young of the year river herring as they migrate from Oyster Pond to the Atlantic Ocean.
Location Oyster Pond/Trunk River, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Young-of-the-year river herring were caught with a cast net from the weir pool. 8 samples were bagged according to size and logged as #s 474-481. Note: the coarse mesh of the cast net may have underselected the smaller fish in the population present at the weir.
Comments Project = Toxic Supp. of Biogeochem. Cycle, Toxic Supp. of Biogeochem. Cycle
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Oyster Pond Weir, Falmouth, MA 2010-06-14
End Oyster Pond Weir, Falmouth, MA 2010-06-14
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.6421
East -70.63703
North 41.53814
South 41.53403

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Michael Bothner
Crew members
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Michael Casso
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Biology, Geology, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity