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. Tammy Silva, SBNMS 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: 2021-07-16
End Date: 2021-07-23
Equipment Used: Nikon 7100 digital camera, SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD, Furuno satellite compass SC-30, SeaBOSS, GoPro camera
Information to be Derived: Sediment samples for geological mapping
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Visited locations within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. A customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) instrument was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties.
Staff: Brian Andrews
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 on Friday, July 16, 2021.
Location:
Stellwagen Bank NMS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.43742154 | South: 42.15435559 | West: -70.50231928 | East: -70.07873579 |
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 | |
| SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD | --- | CTD Fluorescence Turbidity | |
| Furuno satellite compass SC-30 | --- | Navigation | |
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | |
| GoPro camera | --- | Photo Video |
