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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-004-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Kathryn Scanlon Catanach

Affiliate Investigator(s): Christopher C. Koenig, NOAA and FSU

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video

Scientific Purpose/Goals: USGS: grab sampling and video; NOAA: biologists will be doing other things. NOAA collected about 40 sediment grab samples for USGS. Most are from Oculina Bank, 4 are from West Florida Shelf area.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Canaveral, FL

End Port/Location: Port Canaveral, FL

Start Date: 1997-04-02

End Date: 1997-04-25

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Video camera - deep sea

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
NOAA

Notes: No USGS personnel on board.
Project = OCULINA BANK, OCULINA BANK

Location:

Oculina Bank, Florida, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.00617 South: 27.68317 West: -85.5073 East: -79.94833

Platform(s):

photo of Chapman
Chapman

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
1997-004-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples)
Video camera - deep sea --- Video

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