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Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-010-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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): Seth Ackerman

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, 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: 2020-05-01

End Date: 2020-05-08

Equipment Used: SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD, GoPro camera, SeaBOSS, Furuno satellite compass SC-30

Information to be Derived: Sediment samples for geological mapping

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Seth Ackerman

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Travel to and from Scituate, MA for day-cruises to Stellwagen Bank.

CTD required as for previous cruises.

Load Auk on Friday, May 1 in Scituate, MA






Location:

Stellwagen Bank NMS

Boundaries
North: 42.5 South: 42 West: -70.5 East: -70

Platform(s):

photo of Auk
Auk

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD --- CTD
Fluorescence
Turbidity
GoPro camera --- Photo
Video
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
Furuno satellite compass SC-30 --- Navigation

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