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 | |||
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North: 40.74217042 | South: 39.97852352 | West: -67.8961121 | East: -67.10199447 |
Platform(s):
Johnson | Johnson Sea-link |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, and submersible transect positions. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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) |