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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-053-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon, and Seep Communities (GX.17LQ00.FFV85.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor

Affiliate Investigator(s): Amanda Demopoulos, Cheryl Morrison, Nancy Prouty, Christina Kellogg

Information Specialist(s): Brian Buczkowski

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment & water sampling; Vessel: Brooks McCall

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Jacksonville, FL

End Port/Location: Jacksonville, FL

Start Date: 2018-10-01

End Date: 2018-10-12

Equipment Used: SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD, Piston corer, Niskin bottle

Information to be Derived: particle size, geochemistry, benthic community analysis

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: R/V Brooks McCall cruise, no WHCMSC staff on vessel. Cruise shortened due to equipment/vessel issues. 3 Piston cores (frozen) sent to WHCMSC. CTD data transmitted electronically after cruise.

Staff: Other

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

South Atlantic Bight

Boundaries
North: 36.43441338 South: 31.00046127 West: -80.67138672 East: -73.66162109

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Prouty, N.G., and Baker, M.C., 2021, Water-column environmental variables and accompanying discrete CTD measurements collected offshore the U.S. Mid- and South Atlantic (ver. 2.0, July 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K2GOAL.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD --- CTD
Fluorescence
Turbidity
Piston corer --- Geology
Niskin bottle --- Chemistry

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