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

Field Activity 2015-050-FA

Identifier 2015-050-FA
Purpose Collect water samples from Sage Lot Pond to examine environmental geochemistry and health of the estuary.
Location Sage Lot Pond, Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Collected 10 sets of surface water samples for a suite of nutrients, DIC, DOC, Alkalinity, pH, Radon in addition to time-series sensor data for flow and water quality.
Info derived Geochemistry
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program in Sage Lot Pond. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-039-FA July 21, 2015 TS and prep.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2015-07-20
End Woods Hole, MA 2015-07-22
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.5223
East -70.5006218
North 41.56164657
South 41.54790461

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Meagan J Eagle
Crew members
Meagan J Eagle
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Meagan J Eagle
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Priya Ganguli, WHOI, Sophie Chu, WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Water sampler Pumped water from creek using marine pumps and a generator. Chemistry (no data reported)
Visual navigation Garmin GPS 76 Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
SageLotPond_GreatPond Geochemical data supporting investigation of solute and particle cycling and fluxes from two tidal wetlands on the south shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2012-19. Areas of study are Sage Lot Pond and Great Pond. Four separate data files. Thomas W Brooks

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity