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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-095-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): Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mary Carman, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Dann Blackwood

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: Video tunicate survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redbrook Harbor, MA

End Port/Location: Falmouth Harbor, MA

Start Date: 2009-11-18

End Date: 2009-11-18

Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, Digital camera, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Assessment of change of tunicate growth on eelgrass.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Completed 2 hours of mini-SEABOSS surveys recorded to 2 DVDs and 87 digital photos.

Staff: Seth Ackerman, Dann Blackwood, Barry Irwin

Affiliate Staff:
Mary Carman - WHOI
Watchstander; Dave Grunden - Oak Bluffs Natural Resource Officer

Notes: 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: 41.47103 South: 41.44479 West: -70.6373 East: -70.61737

Platform(s):

photo of Rafael
Rafael

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
2009-095-FA-VD-002 (DVD ROM disk of BOTTOM PHOTO TASHMOO NOV18, BOTTOM VIDEO TASHMOO NOV18, BOTTOM VIDEO TASHMOO NOV18, )
2009-095-FA-PH-003 (DVD ROM disk of BOTTOM PHOTO TASHMOO NOV18, BOTTOM VIDEO TASHMOO NOV18, BOTTOM VIDEO TASHMOO NOV18, )
2009-095-FA-NL-001 (DVD ROM disk of BOTTOM PHOTO TASHMOO NOV18, BOTTOM VIDEO TASHMOO NOV18, BOTTOM VIDEO TASHMOO NOV18, )
Digital camera --- Photo
2009-095-FA-PH-002 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
DGPS --- Navigation

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