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Field Activity Details for field activity 2003-040-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): Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bill Martin, WHOI

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover benthic chambers (squirts).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2003-08-08

End Date: 2003-08-08

Equipment Used: Benthic Chambers, SCUBA, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Chambers recovered intact with sediment in barrels.

Staff: Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Staff:
Bill Martin
Lary Ball
Joanne Goudreau - WHOI

Notes:

Location:

Weepecket Islands, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.51681 South: 41.50014 West: -70.75 East: -70.73333

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Benthic Chambers --- Experiments (geochemical)
SCUBA --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
DGPS --- Navigation

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