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Field Activity Details for field activity 1982-023-FA

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Other ID: JOHN 142; JSL dives 1214-1232

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): R. A. Cooper, National Marine Fisheries Service

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Revisit permanent monitoring stations in Georges Bank, Lydonia Canyon, and Oceanographer Canyon. Set up a station in Veatch Canyon. Conduct photographic surveys of megafauna for quantitative/qualitative analysis. Collect faunal and substrate samples for pollutant analysis, definition of infaunal populations, and sediment size analysis.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1982-07-10

End Date: 1982-07-21

Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Video camera - deep sea, Push corer (wh), Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, 3.5 kHz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bottom samples: 71; Bottom photos/video.

Staff: Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
NMFS: R.A. Cooper
J.R. Uzmann
Kenneth Pecci
Andrew Shepard
Roger Clifford; University of New Hampshire: Alan Hulbert

Notes: Project = Georges Bank and submarine canyon baseline and monitoring studies in oil and gas exploration areas, Georges Bank and submarine canyon baseline and monitoring studies in oil and gas exploration areas

Location:

Georges Bank, Lydonia Canyon, Oceanographer Canyon, Veatch Canyon, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 40.74217042 South: 39.97852352 West: -67.8961121 East: -67.10199447

Platform(s):

photo of Johnson
Johnson
photo of Johnson Sea-link
Johnson Sea-link

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, and submersible transect positions.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Push corer (wh) --- Biology
Geology
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C --- Navigation
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1982-023-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data)
1982-023-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data)

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