The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at Woods Hole emplaced two current 

 meter systems, which recorded suspended sediment conditions, current speed 

 and direction, and water depth while photographing the bottom. Six current 

 meters were also deployed by USGS as part of an ongoing program designed to 

 study currents and sediment transport on the Georges Bank Region in coopera- 

 tion with WHOI, BLM, and EG&G. An oil spill risk analysis model was run at 

 the Reston, Virginia office of USGS. 



The Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) through the 

 Division of Environmental Control Technology provided partial funding for oil 

 trajectory modeling under M. Spaulding, chemical analysis of water and sedi- 

 ment samples under C. Brown, and oil droplet size distribution determinations 

 under P. Cornillon, all of the University of Rhode Island, through Contract 

 EY-76-S-02-4047, "Environmental Assessment of Treated Oil Spills vs. Untreated 

 Oil Spills." 



The National Science Foundation supported research activities and ship 

 operations at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of 

 Rhode Island. 



The State of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife instituted 

 a collection and clean-up effort for oil birds. 



The University of Rhode Island (URI) conducted four cruises to the oil 

 spill site aboard the R/V Endeavor. The first cruise, funded in part by NSF 

 and ERDA, included the deployment of a current meter array; collection and 

 analysis of sediment samples for hydrocarbons; collection and analysis of 

 water samples for hydrocarbons, physical properties, oxygen content, nutri- 

 ents, and trace metals; and the collection and description of benthic and 

 planktonic organisms. URI's second and third Endeavov cruises, funded in 

 part by NOAA, conducted a bottom survey of the Nantucket Shoals-Little 

 George's Bank. The fourth Endeavor cruise, funded in part by NOAA, determined 

 the areal extent of the bottom contamination. URI personnel, in an ERDA- 

 funded project, carried out some trajectory forecast modeling, and studied 

 the physical and chemical characteristics of the oil. 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) conducted two cruises on the 

 R/V Ooeanus II, sampling both water column and sediments, and characterizing 

 the physical oceanography of the spill site. WHOI participated in a Nantuc- 

 ket littoral zone survey coordinated by NOAA. Scientists from the Marine 

 Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole and the University of Massachusetts 

 joined WHOI in the Nantucket survey. Peter Fricke of WHOI was responsible 

 for procuring oil that was physically and chemically congruent to the Argo 

 Merchant cargo for analytical purposes and toxicity studies. 



Jerry Milgram of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology collected oil 

 from one of the Argo Merchant cargo tanks and from the oil slick and analyzed 

 the physical properties of both samples. 



The Manomet Bird Observatory provided data on seabird observations from 

 various locations including the USCGC Vigilant on-scene at Fishing Rip. 



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