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

Field Activity 2021-026-FA

Identifier 2021-026-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 Falmouth, West Falmouth, Woods Hole, Waquoit, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Data and sample collection have been completed.
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 and methane; creek measurements using a YSI multi-parameter sonde and ProOceanus mini-CH4. 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. Sediment core collections from new sites (Woods Hole, West Falmouth, Flat Pond) will be age-dated and analyzed for carbon content.
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod. Specific locations include the Falmouth area (Woods Hole, West Falmouth, Flat Pond and Sage Lot Pond in Waquoit) and the Wellfleet area (Herring River - area of Phragmites and another of Typha) Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-018-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-019-FA.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2021-01-13
End Woods Hole, MA 2021-12-31
Days in the field 30
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2021-01-13 2021-01-13 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott
2021-01-18 2021-01-18 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott
2021-02-05 2021-02-05 Maintenance, installed new solar panel, data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick.
2021-02-26 2021-02-26 Maintenance, data download, calibration – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick.
2021-03-05 2021-03-05 Maintenance, data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott
2021-03-18 2021-03-18 Maintenance, data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott
2021-03-25 2021-03-25 Maintenance, data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick.
2021-04-14 2021-04-14 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles
2021-04-20 2021-04-20 Boardwalk and chamber base installation – Flat Pond (Waquoit). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick, Meagen Eagle, Kevin Kroeger
2021-04-22 2021-04-22 Boardwalk and chamber base installation – West Falmouth. Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Wally Brooks, Adrian Mann, Sydney Nick
2021-05-03 2021-05-03 Boardwalk and chamber base installation – Woods Hole. Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick
2021-05-06 2021-05-06 Installation of wells, CTD sensors, and Porewater sampling ports at Flat Pond and Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit) and Woods Hole sites. Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles
2021-05-07 2021-05-07 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles
2021-05-12 2021-05-12 Well, temperature sensors, porewater sippers install – West Falmouth. Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles
2021-05-21 2021-05-21 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles
2021-05-25 2021-05-27 Chamber sampling and pore water sampling. Sage Lot Pond - 5/25, 5/26, Flat Pond - 5/26, West Falmouth and Woods Hole - 5/27. Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott all days, Wally Brooks (5/25 and 5/27), Meagen Eagle (5/25), Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles (5/26, 5/27), Sydney Nick (5/26, 5/27), Adrian Mann (5/27).
2021-05-25 2021-05-27 Chamber and pore water sampling. Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit) - 5/25, 5/26, Flat Pond (Waquoit) - 5/26, West Falmouth and Woods Hole - 5/27. Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott all days, Wally Brooks (5/25 and 5/27), Meagen Eagle (5/25), Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles (5/26, 5/27), Sydney Nick (5/26, 5/27), Adrian Mann (5/27).
2021-06-08 2021-06-08 Retrieve boardwalk – Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit). Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick, Kevin Kroeger, Adrian Mann. Install boardwalk – Flat Pond (Waquoit). Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick, Adrian Mann.
2021-06-09 2021-06-09 Boardwalk install – Wellfleet (Herring River Typha). Adrian Mann, Kevin Kroeger, Meagen Eagle, Wally Brooks.
2021-06-16 2021-06-18 Chamber and pore water sampling 6/16 and 6/17 – Sage Lot Pond and Flat Pond (Waquoit), West Falmouth, Woods Hole. Chamber sampling 6/18 – Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit). Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott all days, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles (6/16 and 6/17), Sydney Nick (6/16 and 6/18), Wally Brooks (6/17)
2021-06-23 2021-06-23 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag) – Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles. Porewater sampling – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag) – Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles.
2021-07-13 2021-07-13 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag) Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles, Wally Brooks
2021-07-13 2021-07-15 Chamber and pore water sampling. Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit) – 7/13 and 7/14; Flat Pond (Waquoit) – 7/14; West Falmouth and Woods Hole – 7/15. Persoonel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott all days; Sydney Nick (7/13 and 7/14); Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles (7/14 and 7/15); Wally Brooks (7/15)
2021-07-21 2021-07-21 Data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag) Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick
2021-07-29 2021-07-29 Tower and sonar panel system install – Wellfleet (Herring River Typha). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Kevin Kroeger, Meagen Eagle, Wally Brooks, Sydney Nick
2021-08-03 2021-08-03 Sensor Installation and wiring – Wellfleet (Herring River Typha). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick
2021-08-10 2021-08-12 Chamber and pore water sampling. West Falmouth and Woods Hole, 8/10; Flat Pond (Waquoit) – 8/11; Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit) – 8/11 and 8/12. Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott all days; Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles (8/10 and 8/11); Sydney Nick (8/10); Adrian Mann (8/11); Wally Brooks (8/12).
2021-08-17 2021-08-17 Sensor installation and wiring, floating chamber sampling, data download – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag, Herring River Typha). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick, Meagen Eagle, Wally Brooks
2021-08-20 2021-08-20 Maintenance, data download, hurricane prep, sensor installation and wiring – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag, Herring River Typha). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Adrian Mann, Wally Brooks
2021-08-24 2021-08-24 Maintenance, data download, reinstall sensors – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag, Herring River Typha). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Kevin Kroeger
2021-09-08 2021-09-08 Chamber and porewater sampling – Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit). Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Sydney Nick, Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles, Simone Gibson.
2021-09-10 2021-09-10 Gas chamber measurements and porewater sampling at Flat Pond (Waquoit) Typha and Pragmities sites. A PAR sensor logged data at each site during sampling. Personnel: Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles, Adrian Mann, Simone Gibson, Lyndsey Smith
2021-09-13 2021-09-13 Chamber and porewater sampling – Sage Lot Pond (Waquoit). Sydney Nick, Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles, Simone Gibson, Lindsey Smith.
2021-09-17 2021-09-17 Porewater sampling, well install, flux tower maintenance, calibration, EXO sensor installation – Wellfleet (Herring River Phrag, Herring River Typha). Jennifer O’Keefe Suttles, Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Simone Gibson, Sophie Kuhl, Meagen Eagle, Shannon Valley
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
Gibson, Simone
Scientist, Staff
Kuhl, Sophie
Scientist, Staff
Valley, Shannon
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, Biological Field Study, Geochemical, Time Series, Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Dissolved Oxygen, CTD, Transects, Geology, Experiments (biological), Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical Monitoring, CO2, Methane, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
YSI multiparameter sonde Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, pH, Temperature (no data reported)
YSI EXO2 Multi-parameter Sonde Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Nitrate, ORP, pH, Temperature, Turbidity (no data reported)
Chambers for gas flux measurement Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)
RTK Transects, Benchmarks (no data reported)
Piston corer Geology (no data reported)
Creek moorings Chemistry (no data reported)
Groundwater wells (PVC) Chemistry (no data reported)
Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump Chemistry (no data reported)
LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)
ProOceanus mini CH4 Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
Onset HOBO Weather Station Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
Onset HOBO Temperature Logger Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
InSitu BaroTroll 500 Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Geochemical Monitoring, Conductivity, Depth, Temperature 1
Push Point porewater samplers Chemistry, Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, Methane, Nutrients (no data reported)

Datasets

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
static_chambers_fluxes_2021 Static chamber fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from coastal wetlands on Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts and supporting environmental data, 2021. Measurements of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from static chambers were collected in 2021 to assess carbon exchange at coastal wetland sites across a range of impounded and natural, tidally unrestricted conditions in several villages within Falmouth, MA that vary in salinity, management status, and water level. Rebecca Sanders-Demott
phramites_eddycovariance Eddy covariance fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from the Herring River in Wellfleet, MA Rebecca Sanders-Demott
static_chamber_fluxes_2021 Static chamber fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane from coastal wetlands on Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts and supporting environmental data, 2021 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