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

Field Activity 2018-031-FA

Identifier 2018-031-FA
Purpose Deploy dataloggers, osmosamplers and the collect samples with Octopipi water sampler from coastal caves in the Yucatan Penisula Mexico. Field test echosounders and ADCP units.
Location Tulum/Playa Del Carmen Mexico
Summary Deployed dataloggers, osmosamplers, and the collected samples with Octopipi water sampler from coastal caves in the Yucatan Penisula Mexico. Field tested echosounders and ADCP units.
Info derived Geochemical data from anchialine caves
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-003-FA
Projects
Related activities
2018-065-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Tulum/Playa Del Carmen Mexico 2018-03-14
End Tulum/Playa Del Carmen Mexico 2018-03-27
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -87.5693
East -87.41655884
North 20.28293751
South 20.10841783
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Neil Kamal Ganju
Crew members
John Pohlman
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
John Pohlman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal David Brankovits, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Conductivity, Current, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Methane, pH, Temperature, Chemistry, Geochemical Monitoring

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
YSI EXO2 Multi-parameter Sonde Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Nitrate, ORP, pH, Temperature, Turbidity (no data reported)
Norteck ADV Current (no data reported)
Gas sampler Dissolved Oxygen, Gas Hydrates, Methane (no data reported)
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Mooring (physical oceanography), Biology Monitoring, Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity