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

Field Activity 2015-063-FA

Identifier 2015-063-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 Herring River Estuary, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Vegetation was collected within specified quadrats. Samples were bagged and returned to the lab to be weighed and dried.
Info derived Biomass
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation at restored marsh sites on Cape Cod. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-042-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-055-FA Collection of vegetation within specified quadrats. Equipment is pruning shears. Samples will be bagged and returned to the lab to be weighed and dried. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-060-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2015-09-08
End Woods Hole, MA 2015-09-09
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.071
East -70.0543013873
North 41.9604446469
South 41.9293947463

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
Meagan J Eagle
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
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)
Reconnaissance Ground Truthing (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
HR_2015_to_January_2020 Continuous monitoring data from Herring River wetlands, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015 to January 2020 Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
HR_meta_2015_to_January_2020 Continuous monitoring data from Herring River Wetlands, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015 to January 2020 including water level, salinity, soil temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation and others. Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity