Field Activity Details for field activity A987SC

AKA: none

Other ID: A-9-87-SC,PAC_BARONESS_LEG_2

Status: Completed

Organization(s): University of California, Santa Barbara, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Battelle, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): California Outer Continental Shelf Phase II Monitoring Program (MU029)

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Affiliate Investigator(s): Jim Campbell (Battelle Ocean Sciences)

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Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: 1. Collect bottom-sediment samples at an array of stations near the wreck, and at comparable control stations along the same isobath, to provide a means of examining the extent of initial contamination in reference to trace metals (especially copper) and petroleum hydrocarbons, and the potential biological impact on macroinfaunal communities. 2. Obtain hydrocasts at a limited number of stations (from a subset of the sediment stations) to collect water samples for the analysis of trace metals (especially copper).

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Start Date: 1987-11-19

End Date: 1987-11-21

Equipment Used: boxcore, grab, RhoRho

Information to be Derived: Grain size, trace metals

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bottom sediments were collected with a box corer at an array of eight stations within a 500-m radius of the vessel and at a control station located 8.25 km to the NW. Subcores from these samples were collected for analysis of petroleum hydrocarbons and trace metals, benthic macroinfauna, sediment grain size and total organic carbon. Larger animals were collected from remaining unused sediment subcores and contained for subsequent analysis of trace metals in tissues. Hydrocasts were obtained at the control site and one ofthe nearfield sites, approximately 500 m to the east of the vessel. Samples were collected at various water depths at each of these two hydrocast stations.

Staff: Heidi Debra, Rich Coffman, Ben Flowers, Michael Boyle

Affiliate Staff:
Jeffrey Hyland (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Program Manager
Eiji Imamura (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Ventura Operations Manager
Janet Kennedy (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Second Scientist
Christie Dolstra (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Technician
Richard Zimmer (Unspecified Investigator
UCSB) - Faust
Paul Stout (UCSB) - Unspecified Investigator
Karen Griffin (UCSB) - Unspecified Investigator
Brian Sak (Moss Landing Marine Laboratory) - Unspecified Investigator

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jim Campbell (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Chief Scientist
Jeffrey Hyland (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Program Manager
Eiji Imamura (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Ventura Operations Manager
Janet Kennedy (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Second Scientist
Heidi Debra (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Technician
Christie Dolstra (Battelle Ocean Sciences) - Technician
Richard Zimmer (Unspecified Investigator, UCSB) - Faust
Paul Stout (UCSB) - Unspecified Investigator
Rich Coffman (UCSB) - Unspecified Investigator
Karen Griffin (UCSB) - Unspecified Investigator
Ben Flowers (UCSB) - Unspecified Investigator
Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Brian Sak (Moss Landing Marine Laboratory) - Unspecified Investigator

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California

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