1997-004-FA (CMHRP activity #1399)

Field Activity 1997-004-FA

Identifier

1997-004-FA

Purpose

USGS: grab sampling and video; NOAA: biologists will be doing other things. NOAA collected about 40 sediment grab samples for USGS. Most are from Oculina Bank, 4 are from West Florida Shelf area.

Location

Oculina Bank, Florida, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Comments

No USGS personnel on board. Project = OCULINA BANK, OCULINA BANK

Platform

Chapman

Length 127 feet; beam 29.6 feet; draft 14 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Port Canaveral, FL	1997-04-02
End	Port Canaveral, FL	1997-04-25
Days in the field	24

Bounds

West	-85.5073
East	-79.94833
North	29.00617
South	27.68317

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Kathryn Scanlon Catanach

Crew members

Affiliate principal

Christopher C. Koenig, NOAA and FSU

Affiliate staff

NOAA

Data types and categories

Data category:	Sampling, Imagery
Data type:	Biology, Geology, Video

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Grab sampler		Biology, Geology	1
Video camera - deep sea		Video	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1997-004-FA-SC-001	Grab sampler	GRAB samples	Brian Buczkowski