Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank in May and June, 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-017-FA
| Field activity number | 2015-017-FA |
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| Version | 1 |
| Area of operation | Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
| Dates | 2015 |
| Chief scientist | Page Valentine |
| Publication Date | July 2, 2020 |
Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2020, Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank in May and June, 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-017-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BG490P .
Abstract: This field activity is 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. This cruise 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 61 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which 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.
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| 2015-017-FA_CTD Conductivity-temperature-depth, fluorescence and turbidity data collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank (text files). |
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2015-017-FA_CTD.zip 485 KB |
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| 2015-017-FA_station_summary Station and data summary for data collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank (Geographic, WGS 84, point shapefile, XLSX and CSV formats) |
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2015-017-FA_station_summary.zip 60 KB |
Sediment Samples |
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Metadata and data for the sediment samples for this field activity (as well as 19 additional field activities) are available to download from the following data release: |
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Imagery |
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| 2015-017-FA_video_driftlines Video transects of the sea floor collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank (Geographic, WGS 84, polyline shapefile format). |
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2015-017-FA_video_driftlines.zip 80 KB |
| 2015-017-FA_SeabedImages Seabed still images collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank (JPEG image format. EXIF headers have been added to include navigation and other meta tags). |
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2015-017-FA_SeabedImages.zip 62 MB |
Navigation |
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| 2015-017-FA_nav Navigation data collectd aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank (Geographic, WGS 84, XLSX and CSV formats). |
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2015-017-FA_nav.zip 25 MB |
Logs |
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| 2015-017-FA_log: Acquisition and observation logs for seabed video and sediment samples collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank (PDF format). |
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2015-017-FA_log.pdf 7 MB 2015-017-FA_logs.zip 6.7 MB |