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Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-042-FA

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Other ID: D-42-08-MA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mary Carman, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Dann Blackwood

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Video tunicate survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2008-10-15

End Date: 2008-10-16

Equipment Used: DGPS, Video camera - deep sea, Digital camera, Grab sampler

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 2.5 hours of bottom video on Digital 8 tape. Two bags of tunicate samples. October 15 was in Lake Tashmoo, and October 16 was in Woods Hole Harbor.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
Mary Carman
WHOI
Watchstander

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Chief Scientist; Dann Blackwood, Video Tech./Boat Operator.
Project = Benthic Habitats: Geological and Biological Studies, Benthic Habitats: Geological and Biological Studies

Location:

Lake Tashmoo, Martha's Vineyard, Woods Hole Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.53333 South: 41.43333 West: -70.7 East: -70.61667

Platform(s):

photo of Dragonfly
Dragonfly

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DGPS --- Navigation
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
2008-042-FA-NL-001 (Logs for VIDEO, )
2008-042-FA-VD-001 (Bottom video: 2.5 hours on Digital8 tape; 1 hr. of Vineyard Sound for M. Carman, 1.5 hr. of Woods Hole Harbor for P. Valentine.)
Digital camera --- Photo
2008-042-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos: 22 deck photos of personnel, equipment, biological samples, and boat.)
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
2008-042-FA-SC-001 (Tunicate samples: 2 bags.)

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