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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-036-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements (LQ00DYN)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Sherwood

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map seagrass in West Falmouth Harbor

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2014-05-13

End Date: 2014-05-16

Equipment Used: Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak), Humminbird fishfinder

Information to be Derived: Sonar images, seagrass distribution

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ?

Staff: Jonathan Borden, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Using WHSC 16' Carolina skiff (used to be called the Knob). Need only Jetyak Humminbird sonar, batteries, transducer mount.

Worley on staff for information only.

Location:

West Falmouth Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 41.61076149 South: 41.5946436 West: -70.6563 East: -70.6326262

Platform(s):


Knob

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) --- Sidescan
Single Beam
Navigation
Humminbird fishfinder --- Single Beam

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