Other ID: DE0511
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert Reid, NOAA Fisheries; Jeremy Collie, URI
Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Benthic habitat studies and sea floor mapping.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2005-08-22
End Date: 2005-09-02
Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, P-code GPS, Trawl, Dredge, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, Digital camera
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: USGS SEABOSS video/photo transects: 133 stations; URI beam trawl: 11 stations; NMFS otter trawl: 6 stations; URI Naturalist dredge: 21 stations; NMFS CTD profiles: 16 stations.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Erin Heffron, Page Valentine
Affiliate Staff:
Robert Reid
NMFS
and colleagues; Jeremy Collie
URI
and students
Notes: Mobilize in Woods Hole on Friday, Aug. 19, 2005; demobilize in Woods Hole on Friday, Sep. 2, 2005.
Project = Georges Bank Habitats, Georges Bank Habitats
Information from Foghorn: P-code GPS;
Location:
Georges Bank, United States, Canada, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.13 | South: 41.66 | West: -67.55 | East: -66.5 |
Platform(s):
 Delaware II |
Lengyel, N.L., Collie, Jeremy S., and Valentine, Page C., 2009, The invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum on Georges Bank - ecological effects and genetic identification: Aquatic Invasions, v. 4 no. 1, URL: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Lengyel_etal.pdf.
Valentine, P.C., Carman, Mary R., Dijksta, Jennifer, and Blackwood, Dann S., 2009, Larval recruitment of the invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum, seasonal water temperatures in New England coastal and offshore waters, and implications for spread of the species: Aquatic Invasions, v. 4 no. 1, URL: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Valentine_etal.pdf.
Valentine, P.C., Collie, Jeremy S., Reid, Robert N., Asch, Rebecca G., Guida, Vince G., and Blackwood, Dann S., 2007, The occurrence of the colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. on Georges Bank gravel habitat - ecological observations and potential effects on groundfish and scallop fisheries: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 342 no. 1, doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.038.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 2005-008-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOM PHOTO GEORGES ) |
| P-code GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Trawl | --- | Biology | |
| Dredge | --- | Biology Geology | |
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | |
| Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2005-008-FA-PH-002 (Deck photos of field activity operations) |
