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Field Activity Details for field activity 1998-017-FA

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Other ID: ISB9817

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Auster - NOAA/UCONN

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling, video, and photography of the sea bed; conduct biological habitat surveys.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1998-07-16

End Date: 1998-07-30

Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, SeaBOSS, P-code GPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 428 photo/video stations; 274 sediment samples collected.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Christopher F. Polloni, Page Valentine, Kenneth F. Parolski, Jessica Baker, Rebecca E. Deusser, Tanya Unger

Affiliate Staff:
J. Ranganathan; Biologists from NOAA/UCONN: P. Auster
J. Lake
J. Lindholm
L. Petros

Notes: Revised 6-2-98: July 15, mob in Woods Hole. July 16, at sea. July 23, change personnel in Gloucester. July 30, demob in Woods Hole. Original Center People field contained: D. Blackwood, T. Unger, J. Baker, R. Deusser, P. Valentine, K. Parolski, C. Polloni, J. Ranganathan.
Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project

Location:

Stellwagen Bank, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.8 South: 42.083 West: -70.6 East: -70.033

Platform(s):

photo of Isabel S
Isabel S

Publications

Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2023, Geospatial datasets of seabed topography, sediment mobility, and the distribution of geologic substrates in quadrangle 5 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W9BN3S.

Valentine, P.C., and Gallea, L.B., 2015, Seabed maps showing topography, ruggedness, backscatter intensity, sediment mobility, and the distribution of geologic substrates in quadrangle 6 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3341, 10 sheets, scale 1:25,000, and 21-p. pamphlet, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3341.

Valentine, P.C., Gallea, L.B., Blackwood, D.S., and Twomey, E.R., 2010, Seabed photographs, sediment texture analyses, and sun-illuminated sea floor topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469, available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds469.

Valentine, P.C., Baker, J.L., Unger, T.S., Scully, L.A., and Fuller, S.J., 2005, Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2840, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2840.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
1998-017-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD197, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD197, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD198, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD199, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD200, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD201, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD202, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD203, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD204, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD205, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD206, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD207, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD208, )
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
1998-017-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples)
P-code GPS --- Navigation

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