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Field Activity Details for field activity 2013-041-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Dr. David Wylie, Stellwagen Bank NMS

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect sediment samples, video, and photography for substrate mapping on Stellwagen Bank in collaboration with Stellwagen Bank NMS scientists.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Scituate, MA

End Port/Location: Scituate, MA

Start Date: 2013-08-05

End Date: 2013-08-10

Equipment Used: GPS (wh), SeaBOSS, Pressure, Temperature and salinity, Turbidity, ROV, SBE 9 CTD, Fluorometer

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Mobilization will be on Friday at the SBNMS dock at 75 Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA.
Demob at the same location later in the week, after 3 days of survey.
RV AUK is a SBNMS research vessel; 50 ft catamaran
Project = New England Benthic Habitats,

Location:

Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic;,

Boundaries
North: 42.40723 South: 42.12675 West: -70.4993 East: -70.09277

Platform(s):

photo of Auk
Auk

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
Pressure --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Temperature and salinity --- CTD
Temperature
Turbidity --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
ROV --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology
SBE 9 CTD --- CTD
Fluorometer --- Turbidity

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