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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-038-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): Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Investigator(s): John Catena - NMFS-Gloucester

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Image an experimental lobster habitat using sidescan sonar.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: University of Rhode Island, RI

End Port/Location: University of Rhode Island, RI

Start Date: 1997-06-10

End Date: 1997-06-10

Equipment Used: Sidescan sonar, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Barry Irwin, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This cruise was conducted on a low/no cost basis while the vessel was on a scheduled transit from a previous survey.

Location:

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.67678 South: 41.45714 West: -71.4376 East: -71.26007

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
DGPS --- Navigation

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