Field Activity 2020-019-FA

Identifier 2020-019-FA
Purpose Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data, and pore-water collection for chemistry analysis in estuaries across Cape Cod, MA to examine environmental geochemistry and the impact of impoundments and restoration of salt marsh environments.
Location Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Completed sediment, porewater and gas flux analyses.
Info derived Time-series sensor data including eddy co-variance flux tower measurements of methane and carbon dioxide; meteorological measurements; soil temperature; well measurements of CTD. Discrete measurements of CO2 and CH4 flux from different wetland vegetation sites will correspond with pore-water collections for chemical constituents (including DOC,DIC, Alkalinity, Chloride, Sulfate) and multi-parameter YSI measurements.
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-018-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2020-04-01
End Woods Hole, MA 2020-11-10
Days in the field 39
Bounds
West -70.67504883
East -69.87304688
North 42.11044896
South 41.50034959

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D KroegerMeagan J Eagle
Crew members
Thomas W Brooks
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Adrian C Mann
Scientist, Staff
Sanders-Demott, Rebecca
Scientist, Staff
Sydney K Nick
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Thomas W Brooks
Specialist, Information
Meagan J Eagle
Specialist, Information
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Specialist, Information
Adrian C Mann
Specialist, Information
Sanders-Demott, Rebecca
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Geochemical, Biological Field Study, Time Series, Sampling, Environmental Data
Data type: CTD, Transects, Experiments (geochemical), Experiments (biological), Geochemical Monitoring, Chemistry, Methane, CO2

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
RTK Transects, Benchmarks (no data reported)
Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump Chemistry (no data reported)
Groundwater wells (PVC) Chemistry (no data reported)
LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)
Chambers for gas flux measurement Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)
Onset HOBO Temperature Logger Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
Onset HOBO Weather Station Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
InSitu BaroTroll 500 Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
Push Point porewater samplers Chemistry, Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, Methane, Nutrients (no data reported)
In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Geochemical Monitoring, Conductivity, Depth, Temperature 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
SLP_wells_2020 In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Continuous water level, salinity, and temperature data from monitoring wells in wetlands on the South Shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2020 Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
HR_wells_2020_2021 In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Continuous water level, salinity, and temperature data from monitoring wells in Herring River Wetlands, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2020-2021 Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
phragmites_staticchamber_fluxes Static chamber fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from Phragmites wetlands and supporting data collected across a salinity gradient on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Measurements of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from static chambers were collected to assess carbon exchange at four coastal Phragmites wetland sites across a salinity gradient (4 to 25 psu) in impounded and natural, tidally unrestricted Phragmites wetlands at the Herring River in Wellfleet, MA, USA and at Sage Lot Pond in Waquoit, MA from July through November 2020. Rebecca Sanders-Demott
phramites_eddycovariance Eddy covariance fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from the Herring River in Wellfleet, MA Rebecca Sanders-Demott
phragmites_chamber_fluxes Static chamber fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from Phragmites wetlands and supporting data collected across a salinity gradient on Cape Cod, Massachusetts Rebecca Sanders-Demott
phramites_eddycovariance_ver2 Eddy covariance fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from the Herring River in Wellfleet, MA (ver 2.0, June 2022). Eddy covariance measurements of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and methane were collected continuously at half-hourly intervals to assess the magnitude and drivers of carbon exchange in an impounded coastal wetland. Rebecca Sanders-Demott

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity