Monitor the hydrodynamics and sediment supply to a newly engineered system. Buzzards Bay Coalition and their partners have just completed Phase I of this project to create an engineered salt marsh on a former fill area. Sediment supply is a key factor in salt marsh sustainability with rising sea-level, this site provides a unique opportunity to study the establishment of the engineered system under the natural forcing of the tides and water flow.
Location
Marsh Island site New Bedford Harbor, Acushnet River, Fairhaven, MA..
Info derived
Time-series data of water level, currents, flow/discharge, waves, turbidity, and other water-quality parameters (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, pH, fDOM, blue-green algae). Supplemental water samples will be collected and analyzed for total suspended-sediment concentration and loss-on-ignition. Grain-size distribution will be determined from sediment samples collected the marsh creek bed. Aerial mapping will provide full elevation coverage and multispectral orthoimage data. Biochem time-series sensor data are groundwater well CTD measurements.
Comments
This will be an ongoing study and would like it to be an event type field activity.
Multiple Information specialists due to group overlap.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-025-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-004-FA.
Bales and Marsjanik checking on CED instruments/moorings under bridge at Marsh Island for any ice interference. Will assess if next instrument turnaround should happen in the next couple weeks or pull instruments for remainder of winter.
2025-02-26
2025-02-26
Bales and De Meo doing a turn-around of Exo, Dwave, and IQ.
2025-03-11
2025-03-11
J. Over and A. Milo will be performing a lidar UAS survey at low tide.
