Other ID: none
Status: Pending
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): Imagery: Photo, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Fluorescence, 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: 2020-09-23
End Date: 2020-09-28
Equipment Used: Nikon 7100 digital camera, SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera, 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: Alexander Nichols
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Travel to and from Scituate, MA for day-cruises to Stellwagen Bank.
CTD required as for previous cruises.
Load Auk in Scituate, MA (loading not necessary; Seaboss will be onboard from previous week's cruise)
Location:
Stellwagen Bank NMS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.21823314 | South: 42.08780532 | West: -70.35980069 | East: -70.07751458 |
Platform(s):
 Auk |
Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2023, Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed and sample imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank from September 2020 to August 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9G7QARQ.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Acquisition and observation logs for seabed video and sediment samples collected aboard the R/V Auk on Stellwagen Bank. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikon 7100 digital camera | --- | Photo | |
| SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera | --- | Video | |
| 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 |
