Summary Information for Field Activity 2002-059-FA

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

Dates: October 02, 2002 to October 02, 2002

Chief scientist: Dann Blackwood

Bill Martin - WHOI

Objectives: Recover benthic chambers.

Type of Activity: Mooring work;

Information to be derived: Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary: Both releases worked so no diving was needed. Chambers in good shape and functioning.

Contact: Dann Blackwood (dblackwood@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier A-2-02-MA. Visit this site for more information.

Platform Info:

ASTERIAS

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/)

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Photos

Deck photos of field activity operations

Samples