Other ID: D-48-08-BZ
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, PARTNER
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sea floor video habitat survey to document extent of invasive tunicates on eelgrass.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2008-11-21
End Date: 2008-11-21
Equipment Used: Sample containers, DGPS, SeaBOSS, Digital camera
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 100 minutes of bottom video, one sample, 9 photos. New sampling arm and stabilizing fins tested. First field test of new electric trolling motor for slow speed micro-SEABOSS survey.
Staff: Dann Blackwood
Affiliate Staff:
Gordon Blackwood
volunteer watchstander
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dann Blackwood, boat operator and SeaBOSS tech.
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 | |||
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North: 41.53333 | South: 41.43333 | West: -70.7 | East: -70.61667 |
Platform(s):
Dragonfly |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Sample containers | --- | Biology Geology | 2008-048-FA-SC-001 (1 sample Didemnum vexillum? On eelgrass and algae.) |
DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 2008-048-FA-NL-001 (Logs for VIDEO, ) |
Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2008-048-FA-PH-001 (9 deck photos) |