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Field Activity Details for field activity 2002-058-FA

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Other ID: HB-0902

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bill Martin - WHOI

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Video bottom, deploy benthic chambers, video chambers on bottom, take diver push cores and video coring process.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Hingham Harbor, MA

End Port/Location: Hingham Harbor, MA

Start Date: 2002-09-26

End Date: 2002-09-27

Equipment Used: Benthic Chambers, Video camera - deep sea, Push corer (wh), Digital camera, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Video gathered of bottom at station. Two chambers successfully deployed; 8 cores taken. Video was taken of chambers on bottom and coring operations.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Michael Bothner, Michael Casso

Affiliate Staff:
Dave Olmsted
WHOI
boat captain; Bill Martin
WHOI
P.I.; Lary Ball
WHOI
diver

Notes: Station area: 43.2834677777778 N, 42.2834661111111 S, -70.9168902777778 W, -70.9168886111111 E. Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, Chief Scientist; Dann Blackwood, photo tech, diver; Michael Casso, diver.

Location:

Hull Bay, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.3 South: 42.2 West: -71 East: -70.9

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Bothner, M.H., and Butman, Bradford (eds.), 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., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1302.

Kalnejais, L.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, doi: 10.1021/es061770z.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Benthic Chambers --- Experiments (geochemical)
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Push corer (wh) --- Biology
Geology
Digital camera --- Photo
2002-058-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
DGPS --- Navigation

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