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

Field Activity 2015-064-FA

Identifier 2015-064-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 Pilgrim Road Marsh, Bourne Massachusetts, United States
Summary plant species, density
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 Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-063-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2015-09-16
End Woods Hole, MA 2015-09-16
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.52341
East -70.523
North 41.79239
South 41.79166

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
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
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)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity