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Field Activity Details for field activity 1998-018-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): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jeremy Collie - URI

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling, video, photography of the sea bed; biologial habitat surveys with submersible.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA

Start Date: 1998-08-14

End Date: 1998-08-23

Equipment Used: Sediment traps, Dredge, Video camera - deep sea, Grab sampler, Camera- deep sea, Amphipod traps, P-code GPS

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Habitat maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 12 submersible dives (photo and video); 12 biol. dredge stations; 10 amphipod traps; 26 photo/video stations.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Jessica Baker, Tanya Unger

Affiliate Staff:
Biologists from URI

Notes: Project = Georges Bank Habitats Project, Georges Bank Habitats Project
Information from Foghorn: Video, photo, sampling system with winch, P-code navigation, Geolink software w/computer;

Location:

eastern Georges Bank, United States, Canada, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.25 South: 41.75 West: -66.53 East: -66.416

Platform(s):

photo of Edwin Link
Edwin Link

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sediment traps --- Geology
Dredge --- Biology
Geology
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
Amphipod traps --- Biology
P-code GPS --- Navigation

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