Other ID: CAND9822
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Auster - NOAA/UCONN
Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geological and biological sampling of biological habitats in area closed to fishing as of May 1, 1998.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA
Start Date: 1998-04-28
End Date: 1998-05-01
Equipment Used: ROV, SeaBOSS
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This is a week of day-trips to sample and photo selected sites prior to closing of area to fishing. 36 photo/video stations; 24 sediment samples collected.
Staff: Robert Barton, Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine, Kenneth F. Parolski, Jessica Baker, Joseph S. Newell, Tanya Unger
Affiliate Staff:
Peter Auster - Univ. of Connecticut
Groton
CT
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Dann Blackwood, Tanya Unger, Jessica Baker; For mob/demob: Joe Newell, Bob Barton, Ken Parolski.
Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project
Information from Foghorn: old blue winch and video/sampler system, DGPS and P-code navigation system; biological sampling gear and ROV from NOAA and U CONN
Location:
Stellwagen Bank NMS region, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.8 | South: 42.083 | West: -70.6 | East: -70.033 |
Platform(s):
 Christopher Andrew |
Valentine, P.C., Baker, J.L., Unger, T.S., Scully, L.A., and Fuller, S.J., 2005, Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2840, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2840.
Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2023, Geospatial datasets of seabed topography, sediment mobility, and the distribution of geologic substrates in quadrangle 5 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W9BN3S.
Valentine, P.C., and Gallea, L.B., 2015, Seabed maps showing topography, ruggedness, backscatter intensity, sediment mobility, and the distribution of geologic substrates in quadrangle 6 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3341, 10 sheets, scale 1:25,000, and 21-p. pamphlet, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3341.
Valentine, P.C., Gallea, L.B., Blackwood, D.S., and Twomey, E.R., 2010, Seabed photographs, sediment texture analyses, and sun-illuminated sea floor topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469, available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds469.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROV | --- | Photo Video Biology Geology | |
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 1998-022-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL) 1998-022-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples) |
