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): Chris Koenig, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Information Specialist(s): Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: We used a mini-Phantom ROV and a towed camera sled called Rose Bud (both owned by Florida State University collaborator, Dr. Chris Koenig) to collect video data in the Madison Swanson Reserve to use in conjunction with previously collected sidescan and multibeam data for habitat characterization.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Panama City, FL
End Port/Location: Panama City, FL
Start Date: 2003-09-24
End Date: 2003-09-29
Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, GPS - Handheld
Information to be Derived: Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Video data were collected at thirteen sites within the Madison-Swanson Reserve. One site was occupied using the ROV and twelve using the towed camera sled Rose Bud, made by Chris Koenig. The sled was towed along the bottom at about 1 kt. for about 3/4 mile at each site, with a forward-looking video camera running continuously. Video quality was very good to excellent at all sites except one (Site 13) where a focusing problem occurred. Original objectives included work in the Steamboat Lumps Reserve, but weather conditions forced the work to be stopped before we could go there. We will attempt to finish the work in November 2003.
Staff: Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Affiliate Staff:
Chris Koenig
Florida State University
Co-Chief Scientist
Notes:
Project = Shelf-edge Habitats, Shelf-edge Habitats
Location:
Madison Swanson Marine Reserve, Steamboat Lumps Marine Reserve, West Florida Shelf, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 29.33333 | South: 28.03333 | West: -85.8333 | East: -84.5 |
Platform(s):
 Reefs1 |
Coleman, F.C., Koenig, Christopher C., Scanlon, Kathryn M., Heppell, Scott, Heppell, Selina, and Miller, Margaret W., 2010, Benthic habitat modification through excavation by red grouper, Epinephelus morio, in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: The Open Fish Science Journal, v. 3, doi: 10.2174/1874401X01003010001.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Video log | Video camera - deep sea | Video log including waypoint locations, date, time, sketch of system configuration, and station descriptions. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | 2003-036-FA-VD-001 (DVD ROM disk of MADISON-SWANSON ) |
| GPS - Handheld | --- | Navigation | 2003-036-FA-LN-001 (Video transect track chart for REEFS1 03036 and 03050. Transects 1-13 completed during REEFS1 03036 in Madison-Swanson Reserve. Transects 14-27 conducted during REEFS1 03050 in both Madison-Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Reserves.) |
