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

Field Activity 2015-055-FA

Identifier 2015-055-FA
Purpose Collect marsh biomass samples for ground-truthing LANDSAT Satellite data.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Sage Lot Pond, Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Collected vegetation within specified quadrats. Samples were bagged and returned to the lab and were weighed and dried.
Info derived Biomass
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program in Sage Lot Pond. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-038-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2015-08-10
End Woods Hole, MA 2015-08-13
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.5223
East -70.5006218
North 41.56164657
South 41.54790461

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D Kroeger
Crew members
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Ann M Luppino
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Meagan J Eagle
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Visual Identification, Other
Data type: Surveys (biological), Navigation, Biology, Ground Truthing, Species ID

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Garmin GPS 76 Navigation (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Species ID, Ground Truthing, Submersible Observations (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity