Summary Information for Field Activity 2002-022-FA

Area of Operations: Boston Harbor, Hull Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: January 10, 2002 to January 16, 2002

Chief scientist: Mike Bothner

Bill Martin, WHOI

Objectives: Jan. 10: deployed two benthic chambers. On Jan. 16 the chambers were recovered. Eight diver push cores were collected.

Type of Activity: Sampling; Mooring work; Photography;

Information to be derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Morphology;

Summary: Deployed and recovered benthic chambers and took cores and video of bottom. Both chambers came up using release.

Contact: PROJECT PARTNER ()

InfoBank: uses the identifier R-1-02-BH. Visit this site for more information.

Platform Info:

RAFAEL

Publications resulting from these data

Bothner, M.H., Butman, B., Alexander, P.S., Baldwin, S.M., Blackwood, D.S., Borden, J., Casso, M.A., Crusius, J., Goudreau, J., Kalnejais, L.H., Lamothe, P.J., Martin, W.R., Martini, M.A., Rendigs, R.R., Sayles, F.L., Signell, R.P., Valentine, P.C., and Warner, J.C.,2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean - Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p.. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1302/)

Kalnejais, Linda H., Martin, William R., Signell, Richard P., and Bothner, Michael H.,2007, Role of sediment resuspension in the remobilization of particulate-phase metals from coastal sediments: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, no. 7: p. 2282-2288. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es061770z)

Data Types and Locations:

Navigation

Photos

Deck photos of field activity operations

Samples

Video