USGS - science for a changing world

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity S101SC

View new CMGDS report form

AKA: none

Other ID: S-1-01-SC

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Seabed Habitat, Ecosystem and Geologic Mapping (MU255)

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Cochrane

Affiliate Investigator(s): Russ Vetter (National Marine Fishery Service)

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: ROV groundtruthing of sidescan sonar. Scientific purpose/goals visual groundtruthing of sidescan sonar mosaics to be used for nearshore benthic habitat maps.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA

End Port/Location: Port Hueneme, CA

Start Date: 2001-03-20

End Date: 2001-03-25

Equipment Used: submersible, GPS

Information to be Derived: Benthic habitat maps will be compiled

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ROV deployments were conducted in 4 areas in the study area. 2 were within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 2 others were in California state fish reserves along the California coast. Digital video was recorded on all ROV deployments. Observations of benthic geology and biologic assemblages were recorded as point data in an ArcView project.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
John Butler (National Marine Fishery Service) - Biologist
Nicole Nasby (Phleger Inst Envir. Res.) - Ecologist
John Wagner (National Marine Fishery Service) - ROV Technician

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Cochrane (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Russ Vetter (National Marine Fishery Service) - Chief Scientist
John Butler (National Marine Fishery Service) - Biologist
Nicole Nasby (Phleger Inst Envir. Res.) - Ecologist
John Wagner (National Marine Fishery Service) - ROV Technician

Location:

Northern Channel Islands and Adjacent Calif. Coast

Boundaries
North: 34.63085 South: 33.83345 West: -120.709 East: -118.98043

Platform(s):

photo of Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
submersible --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-1-01-sc.061 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Questions or Comments? Contact CMGDS Team
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov