Field Activity 2016-015-FA

Identifier 2016-015-FA
Purpose Collect pore water and surface water samples, marsh cores and time-series water quality and flow data from Sage Lot Pond to examine environmental geochemistry and health of the estuary.
Location Sage Lot Pond, Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Surface water and pore-water sample collections, sediment coring, elevation information, time-series sensor datalogging
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 2015-038-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2016-04-08
End Woods Hole, MA 2016-11-30
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.5223
East -70.5006218
North 41.56164657
South 41.54790461
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D KroegerMeagan J Eagle
Crew members
Meagan J Eagle
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Adrian C Mann
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Meagan J Eagle
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Sophie Chu, WHOI Aleck Wang, WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Conductivity, Current, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, ORP, pH, Sediment Properties, Temperature, Turbidity, Navigation, Chemistry, Geology, Geochemical Monitoring

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
YSI EXO2 Multi-parameter Sonde Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Nitrate, ORP, pH, Temperature, Turbidity (no data reported)
YSI multiparameter sonde Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, pH, Temperature (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Meteorology, CTD, Temperature, pH, CO2, Radon, Conductivity, Current, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Fluorescence, Wave, ORP, Tide, Methane, Depth, Light, Nitrate, Gas Hydrates, Density, Sediment Properties, Osmometic Pressure, Chlorophyll, Nutrients, Pressure (no data reported)
SonTek-IQ Plus current meter Current (no data reported)
Sensor - turbidity Turbidity (no data reported)
Real Time Kinematic GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Push corer (wh) Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Pore water sampling Chemistry (no data reported)
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Mooring (physical oceanography), Biology Monitoring, Geochemical Monitoring (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
SLPCreekData Time-series of biogeochemical and flow data from a tidal salt-marsh creek, Sage Lot Pond, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts (2012-2016) Adrian C Mann
SLPCreekData_ver2 Time-series of biogeochemical and flow data from a tidal salt-marsh creek, Sage Lot Pond, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts (2012-2016). Revised in July 2023 to include CO2 data. Adrian C Mann

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity