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    "tag": 15217,
    "title": "Station and data summary for data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R\/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021",
    "pubdate": "20230321",
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    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/P9G7QARQ",
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    "descript": "These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R\/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties including temperature, salinity, density, and fluorescence.",
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Valentine, Page C.",
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        {
            "name": "Cross, VeeAnn A.",
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        },
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            "code": "437",
            "name": "oceanographic observations",
            "scope": "used for field observations related to all aspects of oceanography: physical, chemical, and biological; may also be used for field studies of freshwater bodies that use oceanographic techniques."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
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            "name": "photographic sampling",
            "scope": "photographic documentation of objects or features such as the sea floor, often collected systematically along a trackline to \"ground truth\" co-located data."
        },
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