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 Francesco Peri, Marine Engineering and more Prof. Meng Zhou
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 Plankton net Copepods
Organism-sediment-contaminant interactions: Review of zooplankton communities in Mass Bay Acartia spp.
CTD Instrument recorder: Conductivity Temperature Depth
Photosynthetically Active Radiation – light attenuation coefficient Kd; Calculating euphotic depth in the oceans;