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Boat field trip on the Columbia Point May 6, 2008

Boat field trip on the Columbia Point May 6, 2008. Boston Harbor sampling stations: 1. Neponset River – mouth 2. Thompson Island 3. Deer Island Anchorage. Special thanks to our oceanography research team! Russell Bowell, Boat captain, and his crew Prof. Bernie Gardner

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Boat field trip on the Columbia Point May 6, 2008

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  1. Boat field tripon the Columbia PointMay 6, 2008 Boston Harbor sampling stations: 1. Neponset River – mouth 2. Thompson Island 3. Deer Island Anchorage Special thanks to our oceanography research team! Russell Bowell, Boat captain, and his crew Prof. Bernie Gardner Francesco Peri, Marine Engineering and more Prof. Meng Zhou

  2. http://www.nps.gov/boha/pphtml/subnaturalfeatures14.html

  3. Plankton net Copepods Niskin bottle – collecting water from specific depths for e.g. concentrations of chlorophyll-a, nitrogen, phosphorous, and fecal coliform bacteria; Secchi disk – for measuring transparency/clarity of the water

  4. Review of zooplankton communities in Mass Bay http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/enquad/pdf/2003-06.pdf Acartia spp. Organism-sediment-contaminant interactions: http://alpha.es.umb.edu/faculty/edg/files/bhms/bhms.pdf

  5. CTD Instrument recorder: Conductivity Temperature Depth

  6. Photosynthetically Active Radiation – light attenuation coefficient Kd; Calculating euphotic depth in the oceans;

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