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Field Activity Details for field activity 1984-032-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): William J. Strahle

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy mooring #286 in Buzzards Bay.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1984-09-06

End Date: 1984-09-06

Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#286, recovered FA 84020 ASTERIAS Oct. 22, 1984).

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

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

Boundaries
North: 41.83587 South: 41.42625 West: -71.0052 East: -70.3894

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Butman, B., Signell, R., Shoukimas, P., and Beardsley, R.C., 1988, Current observations in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 1982-1986; data report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-5, 211 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr885.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
1984-032-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 286; 19840906-19841023)
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
1984-032-FA-OM-001 (Buzzards Bay mooring data)

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