Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Atlantic (LQ000FO)
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Dr. David Wylie, SBNMS
Information Specialist(s): Dann Blackwood
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect seabed sediment samples for geological mapping project
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Scituate, MA
End Port/Location: Scituate, MA
Start Date: 2018-05-21
End Date: 2018-05-24
Equipment Used: SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera, SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD, SeaBOSS, Furuno satellite compass SC-30, GoPro camera, Nikon 7100 digital camera
Information to be Derived: Sediment samples for geological mapping
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: See 2018-027-FA FADD for details.
Staff: Dann Blackwood
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Travel to and from Scituate, MA for day-cruises to Stellwagen Bank.
CTD required as for previous cruises.
Load Auk on in Scituate, MA
Location:
Stellwagen Bank NMS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.5 | South: 42 | West: -70.5 | East: -70 |
Platform(s):
 Auk |
Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2019, Location and analyses of sediment samples collected on Stellwagen Bank off Boston, Massachusetts from November 5, 2013 to April 30, 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey field activities: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FWFLPD.
Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2022, Station information, seabed and sample imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank from May 2016 to April 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ERNGJ2.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Acquisition and observation log for seabed video and sediment samples collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera | Used to guide obstacle avoidance. Mounted on the SEABOSS. | Video | |
| SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD | In addition to the CTD water column profiling, the CTD is equipped with auxiliary sensors to measure fluorescence and turbidity. The instruments were mounted on the SEABOSS frame. | CTD Fluorescence Turbidity | |
| SeaBOSS | The SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) was used to collect sediment samples with a modified Van Veen sampler and video images of the seabed with GoPro cameras mounted on the frame. A CTD was mounted horizontally on the SEABOSS frame. | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | |
| Furuno satellite compass SC-30 | The location information for stations was acquired from a satellite navigation receiver (Furuno satellite compass SC-30, GPS receiver). | Navigation | |
| GoPro camera | Seabed video images were collected using a GoPro digital video camera mounted on SEABOSS to provide ground-truth information for geophysical datasets and are used in seabed interpretations. Frame-grab images were extracted from the video. | Photo Video | |
| Nikon 7100 digital camera | Actually a model 7200 for this field activity. Used to take photos of the sediment sample in the grab sampler to document the texture of the seabed surface, the degree of disturbance during sampling, biological features such as worm tubes, and to estimate the volume of sediment collected. | Photo |
