Other ID: IB F-1-01-GM
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Affiliate Investigator(s): Doug Weaver, USGS/BRD, Gainesville, FL
Information Specialist(s): Jill Rozycki
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Multibeam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment sampling of the Sanctuary and nearby areas for habitat mapping.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX
End Port/Location: Galveston, TX
Start Date: 2001-05-27
End Date: 2001-06-02
Equipment Used: Van Veen grab sampler, Digital camera, GPS (wh), Simrad EM 3000
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Jill Rozycki, David Walsh
Affiliate Staff:
Doug Weaver
USGS/BRD and University of Florida
Gainesville
FL - biological sampling and UW video; James Piper
Texas A&M Applied Research Laboratories - UW video; Roger Banks
Texas A&M Applied Research Laboratories - UW video; Kevin Buch
NOAA Sanctuary program
Notes: Number of samples reported includes only benthic grab samples; additional UW video and biological samples not reported here. Original Center People field contained: Jill Rozycki (geologist) - sampling; Dave Walsh (tech) - sampling.
Project = Flower Garden Banks Habitat Mapping, Flower Garden Banks Habitat Mapping
Location:
Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 28.03 | South: 27.75 | West: -93.94 | East: -93.5 |
Platform(s):
Ferrel |
Scanlon, K.M., Ackerman, S.D., and Rozycki, J.E., 2003, Texture, carbonate content, and preliminary maps of surficial sediments of the Flower Garden Banks area, northwestern Gulf of Mexico outer shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-2, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr032.
Scanlon, K.M., Ackerman, Seth D., and Rozycki, Jill E., 2005, Sedimentary environments of east and west Flower Garden Banks area: Gulf of Mexico Science, v. 23 no. 1.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | 2001-052-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples) |
Digital camera | --- | Photo | |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | |
Simrad EM 3000 | --- | Multibeam | Bathymetry GIS data |